Why this tune? I’m starting to get ready for my May 27 show at Blues Alley in Washington, DC, celebratingthe release of my new EP “Grown Up Since Tuesday.” We’re going to play the songs from the EP plus more of my tunes, and songs by composers who have inspired me. This song is aContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: A Little Late”
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Tunes on Tuesday: Down in the Deep (Passover 2025)
Why this tune? This week’s tune is in honor of Passover, an interpretation of the “Song of the Sea” in Exodus 15, which we read during the holiday. It’s another addition to my “Torah Tunes” series, for Parashat Beshalach where these verses appear. Moses and the Israelites sing this song following the dramatic crossing ofContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Down in the Deep (Passover 2025)”
Tunes on Tuesday: Easy
Why this tune? I wrote this week’s tune last month during the annual February Album Writing Month at FAWM.org. The prompt for the song was “convenience,” which led to this musing on recent advances in large language model “AI.” Among the many tools out there are programs that will write songs for you based onContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Easy”
Tunes on Tuesday: Void and Return
Why this tune? This week’s song is another one from the last day of this year’s February Album Writing Month (FAWM.org). It’s another song inspired by a song “skirmish,” this time with the prompt “Looks like a void and return kind of day,” which the host heard at a local store. The story took aContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Void and Return”
Tunes on Tuesday: Harmony
Why this tune? I wrote this week’s song on the last day of this year’s February Album Writing Month (FAWM.org). FAWM is an annual virtual gathering of songwriters (amateur and pro) from around the world, writing, sharing and collaborating for a month. The stated goal is to write an album (14 songs). It’s a veryContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Harmony”
Tunes on Tuesday: Big Knife Creek
Why this tune? As I’ve mentioned before, I’m participating in the “50/90” songwriting community atfawm.org. It’s a global forum for songwriters that opens twice a year to a global community of writers who share songs and discussion. The site hosts regular “skirmishes,” where ahost picks a theme and participants try to write a song basedContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Big Knife Creek”
Tunes on Tuesday: My Own Worst Enemy
Why this tune? This week’s tune is a tribute to musical communities, specifically two online musical gathering places that have made me a better musician and songwriter and introduced me to artists from around the world. This is my second year participating in February Album Writing Month (FAWM), an online community of songwriters that hasContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: My Own Worst Enemy”
Tunes on Tuesday: Bullet In The Night
Why this tune? I’m participating in FAWM: February Album-Writing Month, a global community ofsongwriters writing and sharing songs, with the stated goal of writing 14 new songs(i.e. an album’s worth) during the month. Part of what I like about FAWM is the opportunity to write music for other peoples’ lyrics. “Bullet In The Night” isContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Bullet In The Night”
Tunes on Tuesday: I’ll Be Here For You
Why this tune? This week’s tune started out as a fast funky instrumental I wrote for the February Album Writing Month (FAWM) project (@fawmers), working off some rather complex chord progressions I had been playing with for a while. Several FAWMers responded to my call for collaborators on the FAWM forum, including Nigel Pattinson, whoContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: I’ll Be Here For You”
Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter 