With three weeks to go to meet my Kickstarter deadline and fund my new album “at the edge of the unknown,” I am sharing more here of what is emerging in the studio. Here is a first draft of “These are the words” (complete with me singing sharp in places ’cause that happens when I get excited).
How often do you get to witness this kind of raw work from an artist in any medium? I welcome your feedback (artistically, producerly, spiritually, and otherwise) and the offer to refer a friend to back me on Kickstarter still stands. They get the satisfaction of backing me, you get extra goodies.
About the song: “These are the words” was written as a final assignment for the class I took on the Book of Deuteronomy in my last year of rabbinical school. All semester we looked at Deuteronomy as the words that Moses wanted to leave the people who were about to journey on without him. To do this, Deuteronomy retells previously told stories seemingly for the purpose of imparting some kind of lesson and giving us something to carry with us. Our wonderful teacher, Dr. Judith Kates, told us to look back at our time in rabbinical school and retell the story of that journey “Deuteronomically.” My musings took me even further back to tell an origin story about songwriting itself and its healing and transformative role in my life.
A Kickstarter update: As of this writing, I have 67 backers and have raised $4388 toward my goal of $7000. Many thanks to all my backers…now get your friends on board!
