Story & Lyrics: If You Wanna Know
This one has a weird history. Its genesis was a hot July afternoon in 1999. It was one of those instances where I'd decided to set out a challenge for…
Story & Lyrics: Holiday
This is a weird one. It has a very weird origin. The first batch of songs I tried recording made it to digital multi-track audio in summer of 1998. Later…
Story & Lyrics: What’s Her Name
I wrote this one in two pieces, basically... I remember having the Em main guitar riff and the hook "What's Her Name," first, and I had that as the stub…
Story & Lyrics: Lovers at First Sight
This song has a weird history for me personally. It originally had a totally different verse and choruses, and I recorded it twice, once in 1998 and again in 2000-01,…
Story & Lyrics: Green Light Drive Away
This song dates back to a real-life incident that took place, I'm quite sure, in 1995, when I was fifteen years old. I'm on my way to a high-school baseball…
Story & Lyrics: Wastin’ Away
Daniel Butterfield recording the vocal for "Wastin' Away," January 17, 2022, about 6:09 PM. "Wastin' Away" is the ninth track on my debut album, Self Confidence. The first time I…
Thus begins the news/blog section!
Hey everyone, this post is a placeholder created by your author and site proprietor, recording artist and music producer, Daniel Butterfield. I'm going to have to figure out how to…