Category Archives: Original Songs

I haven’t written a uke song in awhile, but my guitar is currently out of commission.  It’s autographed so I need a new one – lest I want to make the guitar un-autographed!

So I picked up my ukulele and started writing a song on a work break.  A couple of sessions I got a nice little demo song up.  Check it out on my ukechick myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ukechick (I was too lazy to upload and put it up here, not to mention uber-busy!).

I always find it amazing the sheer amount of volume of things I have written, tucked away, and forgotten.  The other day I pulled a line from an old poem that was simply “Lie to Me” and on my evening work break I finished up the song I started from that…entitled Lie to Me.  For any Buffy fans, this is not a reference to a Buffy Season 2 Episode, but I applaud you if you did remember that.

I found myself at a point in my day where I just needed to escape for a bit and so I picked up my guitar and began to play.  The last few times I did that nothing really came from it (and I have about five or six songs in progress that didn’t get anywhere either).  With my move, health, and work schedule, it was hard to just hone down to a focused set of lyrics and melody.

In all my zaniness, I forgot to post the music video I made for “So Special” – didn’t make any money for Equality California, but I still believe in the cause.

The video features photos from the Anti-Prop 8 Protest in Silver Lake I attended after its passing.

my music on last.fm - cc.tran

Some of my music is now available on last.fm – http://www.last.fm/music/cc.tran.  Hope you enjoy.  All music available there is purchasable on amiestreet.com

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