“Just Visiting” is in the Below Zero podcast this week.  Listen in at belowzerobeats.com.

The b-side to “Not of This World” is called “Just Visiting,” and it’s coming soon.  You can hear a short preview of the song right here.

I’m excited to tell you that my new single, called “Not of This World,” premiers today on Simon Harrison’s Basic Soul Show!  The play list and info on how you can listen to the show is right here. The song is one half of a digital-only single that will arrive first in the Leisure Lab music store, and then in most digital music stores soon after.  If you want to be updated as soon as the song is available for purchase, make sure to sign up for my mailing list here.

I wrote it when the war in Iraq was just beginning, and the war in Afghanistan had been under way for a while.  Politicians and pundits were always talking about what it would take to win the hearts and minds of the people there.  I won’t go into political positions, but I’ll say that it was something that weighed on my mind.  Of course, it was on everyone’s mind.

I was also thinking at the time that relationships can work, in a much smaller way, similarly.  Someone may have the heart of another, without reaching his or her mind.  Or inversely someone could convince another that they should be together, but that person hasn’t won the other’s heart.

Obviously the conflict that can create is insignificant compared to the conflict of war, but maybe there are some similarities.  This song is basically me brooding over that idea, musically.

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The show is a huge inspiration to me.  In fact I interviewed Simon back in January, and you can read that here.

Hope you enjoy Basic Soul as much as I do.  Let me know what you think…

When I wrote the song I just wanted to capture a feeling - one of escapism and relaxation.  If you’re like me, you’re always on the grind, and it’s rare that you get any down time.  But then comes the unusual occasion when you can get to the beach, have some drinks, chill by the ocean, and just forget the world.   That’s what “Harbor View” is all about.

People write songs for different reasons.  I always try to write music that I’d want to listen to myself, regardless of its commercial viability. And “Harbor View” is the perfect example of that.  I can listen to it, remember that mood, and escape for a few minutes.

By the way, I also love Incognito’s music for that same vibe.  Check out Tales from the Beach, and then the remix album, More Tales Remixed, which features a Mark de Clive-Lowe version of  “Feel the Pressure.”