Coises’ Songs
Songs with videos
Last One Standing • I wrote this on May 23rd and 24th, 2024 and recorded it on May 27th.
Little Child Wanderin’ / Watercolor Heart • I wrote most of Little Child Wanderin’ in 2019. Parts of Watercolor Heart came in early 2023, but most of it came together in February and early March of 2024. This song is a eulogy.
Postcards from Hell • Written February to May 2023; recording finished May 31st, 2023. The vocalist is “Weina” from Synthesizer V.
Aftershock • Written November 22–23, 2013; recording and video finished December 1, 2013. It is about any being—a dog, a child, a family member, a friend—that is suddenly no longer there.
Flying Lessons • Written October 29 – November 6, 2013 and recorded November 9, 2013. This is for the ones who grew up with me.
Miss Me for a While • Written September 11, 2010 and recorded September 12–13, 2010. This is really meant for a female voice.
Meet Me in the Sunset • Written and recorded July 10–14 2010.
Carry the Weight of Love • This was written mostly in October, 2010; I finished the recording and the video on June 25, 2011. The title phrase was inspired by Allen Ginsberg’s poem Song.
Rising Up to Shut You Down • This is a protest song written and recorded in April, 2011.
Some recordings
Liquid Heartbreak • Written and recorded in November, 2024.
Calling the Lions • Written and recorded in August, 2024.
Replaced • Written and recorded in June, 2024.
Hang • Written and recorded in June, 2024.
Potential • Written and recorded in first few days of June, 2024 using “Natalie” from Synthesizer V and RealGuitar Steel String from MusicLab.
Just Bring Me Home • Written in August of 2010 and recorded in December, 2023 using “Natalie” from Synthesizer V.
A Friend Request • Written and recorded December 23–25, 2011.
Lightning in Your Hand • Written and recorded in late September, 2010.
Heartbeat • Written July 10, 2008 and recorded in April, 2009.
Old Man Rock • Written September 6–7, 2010 and recorded September 7, 2010; this remix December 31, 2011.
Wishes and Fishes • A cappella doo-wop, written and recorded July 18–24, 2011.
Chicken Little Blues • A song dedicated to pessimists everywhere, written September 14–16, 2010. I started recording just after writing it, but I didn’t finish the mix until May, 2011.
Sunday Clown • Written July 9, 2010. The idea for this came to me in bed one night, awake at three in the morning, after watching an episode of Dexter involving a man who was estranged from his wife and children.
Searchlight • I wrote this just after Thanksgiving in 2008 and finished recording it just before Easter in 2009.
Flood Plain • Recorded and mixed January 5–7, 2012. I wrote the lyrics January 4–5, 2012; the tune is about a week older.
More recordings
Don’t Get Your Hopes Up • Written in June of 2008.
Debbie’s Tune • I composed this piano invention in 2001 or 2002 but only got around to writing it down and making a quick recording in August of 2008.
Pretty Mary • I started writing this in June 2011 and finished recording and mixing on December 18, 2011. The instruments are from Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 (flute, clarinet) and Personal Orchestra 4 (oboe, bassoon, harpsichord).
Mourning Comes the Dawn • A contemporary folk-style tune from Spring of 2010 with lyrics written in May, 2011; recorded May 23–27, 2011.
We’re Number One • A satiric reflection on the elimination of Osama bin Laden; written May 3, 2011, recorded and mixed May 5–7.
The Kind Side • Written and recorded June 13–16, 2011. The two lines which begin and end the song refer to something that happened to a man Carol and I knew in Venice, California around 1989 (though his name was Danny, not Jack).
Make Me a River • This is a simple love song, almost a lullaby, written and recorded November 10–16, 2011.
Cinema • Written September 1, 2010 and recorded September 2–3, 2010.
Love in 4/4 Time • A rather silly song written and recorded in May, 2011.
Long, Low Dog • Written and recorded April 4–11, 2012.
Recordings from the 1990s
8/9/95 • Written August 9 1995, in about 15 minutes, after I heard some sad news on The Late Show with David Letterman. Not just for Jerry, but for all those whose passing has left our world a little bit colder.
Thru Those Eyes • Written March 28, 1992 and recorded August 13, 1997.
California (Dance for Free) • Written in July of 1992.
Song for Carol • Written March 20, 1992, during an extended period of time when Carol and I were unable to be together. This was the first of my own songs that I recorded.
Winter Hymn • Written December 2, 1996. This recording is a 2005 remix of a 1996 tracking session.
Songs not yet recorded
Never Had a Reason • Written for Valentine’s Day 2015.
Come Away, Linda • A duet for alto and tenor, written in September, 2010.
Sing Me a Song about Old Chicago • Written June 13, 2010. I worked out the tune for this, and the repeating lines in the chorus, in May of 2009; but it took me over a year to get the verses lined up.