Words

Words are important; certainly they matter a great deal to me.

For someone who essentially makes instrumental music, I recognize the contradiction. But if you have spent time with my music you have likely heard something like speech weaving through its fabric. While I would not say that these words are central to the enjoyment of the music I make as The Lifted Index, I would say that they are central to the creation of it.

The words are primarily for myself. They are markers, reminders, affirmations. Sometimes they are the words of others, sometimes they are my own. Sometimes they are a collage of both. But they matter to me.

From time to time I might want to talk about them in a format a bit more forgiving than an Instagram post. So here is a blog. A place for words.