Archive – Dan Steven Erickson

Every post I’ve ever posted on this site.

2023-09-27: Ukulele Magic
2023-09-20: Sabbatical Update #1
2023-09-16: Business (A Poem)
2023-09-11: The Future
2023-09-05: Sabbatical Writing Project
2023-08-31: Covid and Music
2023-08-30: First Year in Maine
2023-08-26: I Love and I Hate You
2023-08-25: What I Learned from Rodney Crowell
2023-08-20: Nashville 2023
2023-08-18: Sabbatical
2023-08-12: Reconsidering the Odds of Fame
2023-08-10: Edward R. Murrow
2023-08-05: Phases
2023-08-01: I Will
2023-07-25: Restart 5
2023-07-19: What’s Next?
2023-07-15: Life Near the Sea
2023-07-14: Wait
2023-07-10: It’s Just a Detour
2023-07-04: Flight
2023-07-02: Born Again
2023-07-01: Temporary
2023-06-27: These Are My Woods
2023-06-23: There’s a Reason
2023-06-19: Using Place as Inspiration
2023-06-15: Story
2023-06-11: King Charlie Yesterday
2023-06-07: Life Is Better
2023-06-03: Rodney Crowell’s “It Starts with a Song”
2023-05-31: Book Projects
2023-05-27: Creativity and Uncertainty
2023-05-23: Wake Forevermore
2023-05-21: Vanity of Vanities
2023-05-17: Flashback to Corona
2023-05-13: Nonconformity 2
2023-05-10: The Pull
2023-05-07: Acceptance
2023-05-04: Music Minus the Ego
2023-05-01: Art over Money
2023-04-28: Consistently Better
2023-04-24: Free Stuff
2023-04-20: The Sound of Distance and Movement
2023-04-17: God, Creativity, and Chaos
2023-04-14: Live Free or Die
2023-04-11: I Still Prefer No Photos to Stock Photos
2023-04-08: Reflections
2023-04-05: The Power of Poetry
2023-04-02: Personal Demons
2023-03-31: The Dichotomy
2023-03-26: Breathe
2023-03-24: Seasons
2023-03-21: Blackout
2023-03-20: I’m a Petty Thief
2023-03-16: Static
2023-03-13: Unsure
2023-03-10: Make Something
2023-03-07: Stop Complaining
2023-03-04: Eternal Inspiration
2023-03-01: They Tore It Down
2023-02-25: Honesty
2023-02-21: The Clock
2023-02-17: Purposeful
2023-02-14: The Mandolin, the Ghost, and the Machine
2023-02-10: Drone
2023-02-08: Digital Distractions
2023-02-05: Look at Me, Mom
2023-02-02: Self Analysis
2023-01-30: Nonsense
2023-01-27: Coming Soon: The Mandolin, the Ghost, and the Machine
2023-01-26: Get Your Groove On
2023-01-24: Winter
2023-01-22: Wander
2023-01-20: On the Death of Icons
2023-01-18: Stop Boring Us With Details
2023-01-14: I Am Winter
2023-01-12: Lingering
2023-01-10: The First Time Ever I Saw the Devil
2023-01-08: If There Is a God
2023-01-07: Why Ethics Matter in Creativity
2023-01-06: Too Many Rabbit Holes
2023-01-05: What To Do When You Screw Everything Up
2023-01-04: No Rules
2023-01-03: Medium and SubStack: The Walmart and Target of Blogging?
2023-01-03: Father
2023-01-01: Restart 4
2022-12-27: The Skinny
2022-12-26: Who We Are
2022-12-25: Focus 2023
2022-12-23: Top Ten Anderhill Tracks of 2022
2022-12-20: My Mandatory End-of-the-Year Post
2022-12-17: Non
2022-12-13: Remembering the Opus
2022-12-07: Reinventing Myself
2022-12-01: In Limbo
2022-11-27: Things Get Better
2022-11-25: Absence
2022-11-22: New Electronic Music
2022-11-14: Determination
2022-11-12: New Location
2022-11-05: I Love It Here
2022-11-04: The Healing Road
2022-11-02: Maine
2022-10-26: How to Write a Book
2022-10-20: How to Write a Song
2022-10-12: Accept Uncertainty
2022-10-10: Running
2022-10-03: Songwriting
2022-09-17: Unfinished
2022-09-13: Becoming
2022-09-11: Library
2022-09-10: The Hard Truth
2022-09-05: Change
2022-09-02: Unbranded
2022-08-31: Pondering
2022-08-25: Nashville
2022-08-15: Selected Cult of Lies Now 50% Off
2022-08-09: Relinquish
2022-08-03: Unbelievable
2022-07-20: Contemplation
2022-07-15: Guts
2022-07-04: The 4th of July
2022-06-26: America the Spiritual
2022-06-23: Collapse
2022-06-19: I Am Mostly Ocean
2022-06-03: No Kidding
2022-05-20: The Twisted Journey
2022-05-15: Buffalo
2022-05-08: Maybe an Eagle
2022-04-29: I Did a Thing
2022-04-25: It’s Only Life
2022-04-18: The Great Wide Open
2022-04-12: Restart 3
2022-04-07: New Tools
2022-04-04: The Beauty of Infinite Sadness (Album)
2022-04-04: The Beauty of Infinite Sadness
2022-04-04: Location
2022-04-03: The Heart
2022-04-02: This Place Might Be Lonesome but It Soothes My Soul
2022-04-01: Writing Books
2022-03-28: Studio Time
2022-03-26: Sailing Into the Perfect Storm
2022-03-24: The Spiritual
2022-03-20: The Toy Piano Sessions
2022-03-17: A Little Hope
2022-03-14: Photography
2022-03-10: Poetry News
2022-03-08: Beyond the Pale
2022-03-07: Update on the Erickson & Graham Song Collection
2022-03-04: Songs in the Key of Time
2022-03-01: Experimental
2022-02-25: Vault 2
2022-02-25: Random Facts
2022-02-21: No Guru
2022-02-18: Trapped
2022-02-15: Lyrics
2022-02-14: Broken Arrow
2022-02-10: Burning Creativity
2022-02-07: The Original Grey Castle Soundtrack, Pt. 2
2022-02-05: Changes
2022-02-03: Grey Castle 2
2022-02-01: The Original Grey Castle Soundtrack
2022-01-31: This Is Me
2022-01-30: Crazy Old Man By the Sea
2022-01-30: The Final Hour
2022-01-29: Fresh
2022-01-28: Just for a Moment I Thought the World Was Normal Again
2022-01-28: Combinations
2022-01-27: Unhappy
2022-01-26: The Story of My Blood
2022-01-25: Coming Soon: The Grey Castle Soundtrack
2022-01-25: Nonconformity
2022-01-24: Time
2022-01-23: Everything You’ve Ever Dreamed Is Possible
2022-01-22: Change Time
2022-01-22: Embrace the Loop
2022-01-21: Requiem for a Stillborn Angel
2022-01-20: Reintroduction
2022-01-19: Atrophy & Alchemy
2022-01-18: Level Up
2022-01-18: He Called Himself Michael the Archangel but He Was Born to Destroy
2022-01-17: Simple Life
2022-01-16: The Erickson & Graham Song Collection
2022-01-16: The Quiet Hour, Pts. I & II
2022-01-15: There’s Beauty in a Prairie
2022-01-14: Stuck
2022-01-13: Musical Sketches from Discovery Bay
2022-01-12: The Year of the Songwriter
2022-01-12: Love Is Why
2022-01-11: The Lonely Sound of Freedom
2022-01-10: Forgiveness
2022-01-09: Personal Growth
2022-01-08: All That Remains, 2020
2022-01-07: Embrace Ambience
2022-01-06: The Hum of Humanity
2022-01-05: One Set of Warm Clothes
2022-01-05: Less & More
2022-01-04: What Are We Waiting For?
2022-01-03: Orphanage
2022-01-03: Images
2022-01-02: Restart 2
2022-01-01: Laundry
2021-12-31: Moving Forward
2021-12-30: Imagine You’re the Eagle
2021-12-29: Hard Times Drone
2021-12-28: Tired
2021-12-27: The Arch of Life
2021-12-27: Glitches in Time
2021-12-26: I Will Fight No More
2021-12-25: I Quit
2021-12-24: Pandemic 2020
2021-12-23: Anti-Commercial
2021-12-22: The Unbeating Heart
2021-12-22: Nothing
2021-12-21: Keep Faith
2021-12-20: Downtime
2021-12-19: The Big Lie
2021-12-18: Creative Risks
2021-12-17: Lost 80’s Instrumental B-Sides
2021-12-16: As I Move On
2021-12-16: The Base
2021-12-15: Escapism
2021-12-14: Two of a Kind or a Royal Flush?
2021-12-13: Trees Grow Slow
2021-12-12: Throw It Away
2021-12-11: Sangre en el Camino
2021-12-11: Let the Wind Blow
2021-12-10: Reciprocity
2021-12-09: Growth
2021-12-08: Dead Trees
2021-12-07: My Quiet Corner
2021-12-06: The Journey
2021-12-05: Opus 1
2021-12-04: The End of the World
2021-12-03: It’s Basically Love
2021-12-03: Solitude
2021-12-02: Hell’s Basement
2021-12-02: Feedback
2021-12-01: Drone 42
2021-11-30: The Blues
2021-11-29: Amateur = Lover Of
2021-11-28: Ye Ol’ Corona Days
2021-11-27: Unrest
2021-11-27: Diversity of Ideas
2021-11-26: On Criticism
2021-11-25: Lull
2021-11-24: Dark Matter
2021-11-24: Hum
2021-11-23: Denial
2021-11-23: The Masterpiece
2021-11-22: Unpredictable
2021-11-21: A Cult of Lies
2021-11-21: F the Beautiful
2021-11-20: Steady Eddie
2021-11-19: Recycled
2021-11-18: Escape
2021-11-18: The Empty Crowd
2021-11-17: Disconnect
2021-11-16: Your Odds: 0.0086
2021-11-15: Beyond the Edge of the Bogs
2021-11-14: Words of Wolves
2021-11-14: The Foundation
2021-11-13: Vault
2021-11-13: Blank
2021-11-12: On Crowds
2021-11-11: 3@128
2021-11-10: Album Art
2021-11-10: The Creator
2021-11-09: Focus
2021-11-08: Relentless
2021-11-08: No Comparisons
2021-11-07: Funky Spaces
2021-11-07: Continuum
2021-11-06: The Long Wait
2021-11-06: Drift
2021-11-05: Rules
2021-11-04: Chewed Up
2021-11-04: Echo Chamber
2021-11-03: Get Lost
2021-11-02: All That Remains, 2019
2021-11-01: The Rabbit Hole
2021-10-31: Hustle
2021-10-30: Empty Room
2021-10-30: Mornings
2021-10-29: Meditative Running
2021-10-28: Skipping Resolutions
2021-10-28: i Am Not I
2021-10-27: Repetition
2021-10-26: Failure
2021-10-25: Waves of Light
2021-10-24: The Power of Your Story
2021-10-23: Why I Walk
2021-10-22: Drama
2021-10-21: Clear Black
2021-10-20: The Room In Between
2021-10-20: The Power of 10,000
2021-10-19: Chaos
2021-10-19: No TV
2021-10-18: Cancer
2021-10-17: Subway Music
2021-10-16: Four Fears
2021-10-15: 66 Days
2021-10-14: Try Less
2021-10-13: Big Empty Space
2021-10-12: No
2021-10-11: Make Do
2021-10-10: Broken
2021-10-09: Yours Is Love
2021-10-09: Drive
2021-10-09: Wild Ponies
2021-10-08: The Volume
2021-10-07: Take It Slow
2021-10-06: Getting Unstuck
2021-10-05: Eponym and Alias
2021-10-04: Alaska
2021-10-03: Silent Forest
2021-10-03: Journal
2021-10-02: Darkness to Light
2021-10-01: The Remains
2021-10-01: Imagination
2021-09-30: Rudimentary Elements
2021-09-29: Embrace Limitations
2021-09-28: Tools
2021-09-27: How I Make Music
2021-09-26: The Noise We Make
2021-09-25: Train Song
2021-09-25: Bones
2021-09-24: Freedom
2021-09-23: Three to Fly
2021-09-22: Fishing
2021-09-21: Watching the Clouds
2021-09-20: Shrinking
2021-09-20: No Regret
2021-09-19: Letters to Myself
2021-09-18: Wandering, Not Lost
2021-09-17: Be the Wave
2021-09-16: Independence
2021-09-16: Pith
2021-09-15: That Constant Thing
2021-09-14: Something Beyond Our Own Understanding
2021-09-13: Letting Go
2021-09-12: Cool Find
2021-09-12: Ego
2021-09-11: 21,253 Days >
2021-09-10: The Mask
2021-09-10: The End Justifies the Means
2021-09-09: Tag This Music Anderhill
2021-09-09: Before the Climax
2021-09-08: Dystopian World
2021-09-08: Spontaneous
2021-09-08: Funk
2021-09-07: Five Birds on a Wire
2021-09-07: Drum Rudiments
2021-09-07: Books on Writing
2021-09-06: Five Birds
2021-09-06: Remove the Fluff
2021-09-05: Train Stories
2021-09-05: Risk
2021-09-04: On Minimalism
2021-09-04: Fellow Travelers
2021-09-03: Night
2021-09-03: The Ride
2021–09-03: Kinks
2021-09-02: Spoken Word
2021-09-01: Home
2021-09-01: No Obligation
2021-08-31: Time & Texture
2021-08-30: Anti-Blogger
2021-08-30: Aleatoric Music
2021-08-30: Primal
2021-08-29: The Big Edit
2021-08-29: My Death
2021-08-29: We All Must Rise
2021-08-28: On Profanity
2021-08-28: Everything Is Temporary
2021-08-28: Truth
2021-08-27: Boredom
2021-08-27: Out of the Radio Static
2021-08-26: Archive Page
2021-08-26: Temporary Art
2021-08-26: Poetry Balm
2021-08-25: The New
2021-08-25: The Light Shines Brighter
2021-08-25: No Stock Photos
2021-08-24: Spaciousness
2021-08-23: On Music
2021-08-22: Quirky
2021-08-21: Writing and Hope
2021-08-20: The Beginning
2021-08-18: On Words
2021-08-17: Self-Help Addict
2021-08-16: Deconstruction
2021-08-13: Funny
2021-08-10: Anderhill
2021-08-07: Loops
2021-08-04: Slowing
2021-08-01: Restart