Archive for the ‘ Songwriting ’ Category

Mixing Winteresque

Posted on December 23rd, 2011

Here we are, finally in winter in Central Oregon…a fitting time to be finishing mixing and production on Winteresque, the new full length album from Finn Miles. Thanks to all who have been on the journey with us the last few years; 2012 is looking up for Finn Miles!

The Story Behind Winteresque – Part 4

Posted on December 20th, 2011

Hurray, an album release! Modern Saints! Dan Bosman of Scented Vinyl let us release hold the first phase of our album release at the Mars Cafe in December 2010. This was momentous…the best album yet, self recorded and produced and released with a great backing band. Still…I wanted Winteresque. I had been playing the songs [...]

The Story Behind Winteresque – Part 3

Posted on December 15th, 2011

Great, all I needed was an album’s worth of songs! Piece of cake… I had been reading up on modern architecture, and modern philosophy, and these ideas eventually spilled into the music I was writing. “Modern Love” was the first song written…originally spelled “Modyrn Luv,” but thankfully changed! The thesis was love…very different stuff for [...]

Warm, Warm Heart – Solo Piano

Posted on December 14th, 2011

I’m teaching myself a bit of piano, and thought it would be fun to share this solo piano version of “Warm, Warm Heart” with you. Warm, Warm Heart is a song off of the upcoming Finn Miles album “Winteresque” which will be released in late winter 2012 and available on iTunes. Stay tuned for more [...]

The Story Behind Winteresque – Part 2

Posted on December 10th, 2011

So, I thought we were ready to go to work on yet another album. That’s how things had worked between Branches and Telltale Heart, there hadn’t been much of a break. I had the songs…now hit it! I even started a Kickstarter project in anticipation of starting the album. I was playing with a great [...]