THE BASEMENT STUDIO
Music
Five volumes of original songs, written alongside Taking the Helm — plus 200+ covers from fifty years of popular music.
You've Got This
From The Journeyman soundtrack. Part pep talk, part prayer, part promise: it's never too late to start over, tell the truth, ask for help, or become the person you were meant to be.
Life Is A Journey (Don't You Know)
A warm, story-driven folk-rock song that follows one man from leaving home at seventeen to growing old beside the person who changed everything. The real treasure turns out to be the partner who stays.
You're My Safe Harbor
A cinematic, heart-driven ballad — a love story forged in storms, healed in truth, and reclaimed across decades. It traces the long arc back to the woman who always saw him.
I Just Don't Care
A hard-won anthem of freedom — the moment you stop begging for approval and start living by your own compass. Peace over performance, truth over image, forward motion over fear.
Folk Singer
A playful origin story: three years old, a guitar, and one simple truth — “I'm a folk singer, that's who I am.” How music has always given him a way to turn stories into something people can sing together.
Thirty-eight years between that train and this song. I've never been able to decide whether that's a long time or exactly how long it needed to be.