Premiered this at the Deathless launch last night with my beautiful yuki_onna  on stage next to me.  Only screwed up the words a little bit. ((grin))  Life is all over blessings.  I concede a bit of breakup angst in this one, but it's genuinely written for Deathless as much as it is for me, with cameos by Lebedeva, Chairman Yaga, Ivan, and of course Marya ( Read more... )

In celebration of StrowlerCon....A POST THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STROWLERCON! hee.

I've written two new songs this week.  I'm sharing one of them with you now.
Also, I found out this evening that I'll be opening for Abney Park at Mythic Faire in 2011.

But SONG.

Believe in Lullabies
Oct 5 2010, for RJL
(bluesy, legato, 4/4)

I feel this magic come and
( Read more... )

To My Valentine
Words & music by S. J. Tucker
Guitars, vocals: S. J. Tucker
Tracked & mixed by Tony Fabris, Monkey Brains Studios Seattle

Interpreted one way, "To My Valentine" is a song from one heart to another.  I actually wrote it for and about several different people, and I included pieces of what those people have given me throughout the lyrics ( Read more... )

Salad of Doom
Words by S. J. Tucker & Betsy Tinney, music by S. J. Tucker
Guitars, vocals: S. J. Tucker
Cello: Betsy Tinney
Army of Croutons: Michelle Dockrey, Torrey Stenmark, David Tinney, James Tinney, S. J. Tucker, Kevin Wiley
Damsels of Doom: Susan Lanphere, Betsy Tinney, Katie Tinney
Doom descant: Michelle Dockrey

"Salad of Doom" was written in ( Read more... )

Girl with the Lion's Tail (Lucia)
Words & music by S. J. Tucker
Guitars, vocals, percussion: S. J. Tucker
Cello: Betsy Tinney
Shaker: Michelle Dockrey
Tracked & mixed by Tony Fabris, Monkey Brains Studios Seattle

Here's a familiar face, for some of you.
I composed "Lucia" for the Quartered album, which is the official companion disc for Palimpsest, and I ( Read more... )

Don't Get My Hopes Up
Words & music by S. J. Tucker
Guitars, vocals, percussion: S. J. Tucker
Tracked & mixed by Kristoph Klover, Flowinglass Music Oakland CA

"Don't Get My Hopes Up" is a pre-love song.  I wrote it on Cinco de Mayo in Seattle in 2009.  It gave me a very jazzy way to deal with stored up
romantic and erotic frustration.

Relationship ( Read more... )

September's Rhyme
Words & music by S. J. Tucker
Vocals: S. J. Tucker
Tracked & mixed by Tony Fabris, Monkey Brains Studios Seattle

also posted to dreamwidth.

I wrote this song in the lobby of the health clinic in my home town, while waiting for an appointment, almost exactly a year ago.  yuki_onna  is so sweet to me; she always sends me new and secret things to ( Read more... )

Love Lies
Words & music by S. J. Tucker
Vocals, percussion: S. J. Tucker
Tracked & mixed by Tony Fabris, Monkey Brains Studios Seattle

I wrote "Love Lies" at Burning Man in 2008, in the shade at the ARTery headquarters. (omnisti  and I work for the art placement team (the ARTery) at Burning Man.  We help make sure that the big sculptures, burned or otherwise ( Read more... )

Ravens in the Library
Words & music by S. J. Tucker
Guitar, bass, vocals, raven-talk: S. J. Tucker
Cello: Betsy Tinney
Tracked & mixed by Ginger Doss, Eagle Audio USA

I wrote "Ravens in the Library" in Redmond, WA, in the winter of 2007, in January-the same month that Tricky Pixie got together for our very first
rehearsal weekend.

When the song arrived ( Read more... )

Neptune
Words & music by S. J. Tucker
Guitars, vocals, bass, percussion, whalesong: S. J. Tucker
Cello: Betsy Tinney
Tracked & mixed by Ginger Doss, Eagle Audio USA

"Neptune" commemmorates the painful end of a relationship I had with someone very brilliant.  I wrote it in Manhattan, in a friend's apartment, while I was on tour with Cat Valente for the ( Read more... )