Category Archives: My Music

This is how I make burritos

My kids and I sat down to a dinner of Costco tamales (delicious) and homemade burritos.  My five-year-old daughter remembered a song that I wrote, that is well known in our house, entitled “This is how I make burritos”.  She sang the main hook and we all chuckled at the appropriateness of her reference.

Soon after, the three of us were singing it and making fun of it and replacing it with different phrases.  I love that something as silly as a song about making burritos can turn, years down the road, into a moment shared.  A father with his children, eating Mexican food and laughing.  Thank you God, for music, that it can bring relief and joy, repeatedly.

New Song – “Do Your Homework”

I wrote a song for my 12 year old to encourage him to do his homework.  I outline a few simple reasons why it would be in his best interest and I do it all to music.  I think many other parents can probably relate to my perspective, so I share this for them, as well as anybody else who knows my son.

Parents, feel free to share this with your child as it will hopefully motivate them.  Honestly, I don’t know how to reach these little guys.  But if this doesn’t work, I can at least check “write a song about it” off of my list of solutions.

New silly song Console Wars for you gamer geeks out there.

Yesterday, it struck me to make some music.  Being an avid gamer, the topic that inspired me was the Console Wars, which anyone who follows video game news can attest is an ugly rivalry between the major players in console hardware.  It used to be Nintendo and Sega, then Sony entered the picture.  Now, years later, the big three are Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.

I wrote this to comment on how gamers seem to miss that their hobby involves “playing games”.  Sure, we play to win, but we play for fun.  Why all the fighting?

This tune is my take on it all.

New Music – Chip’s Tune

I added the first Jam Tracks to the Youtube channel and subsequently the site.  I figured with a little polish, they could be more than just backing tracks, they could be a sort of song.  So a little polish later, it’s finished.  New website, new youtube, new soundcloud, new music.  That’s a lot of new!

I am dedicating this song to the memory of my cousin Chip.  He deserves better than I can play, but this is what he gets until I get to Heaven.