Conceiving this record, I only knew of one musician who I knew would be along for the ride–Lenne Klingaman, who sang on my two earlier albums. Everyone else came onboard during the recording, often after lengthy searches and delays, and often after one new contact referred me to someone they…
Steve Klingaman’s 2021 LP release
It seems nothing in songwriting is as important as the germ of an idea. It doesn’t really matter how many hours you put in to the final product if the germ or the spark of a good idea is not in play from the start. Those sparks are the raw…
I believe a relationship exists between the meditative state, clearing the mechanism, and being receptive to dictation… In this state, ideas arrive quickly, almost faster than I can write, play, record, or notate them.