Ashland and Wiles

Ashland and Wiles, Brooklyn 2009

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Ashland and Wiles are the delightful sons of our friends Dylan and Deanie. I started out writing a theme song for a fake TV show about the two boys becoming some kind of Brooklyn superheroes. Like all of my songs, the final product was not quite what I started out trying to create. I still like it, and it was really fun writing a theme song.

For every song I've actually finished, I have maybe 30 others that are partially done. For example, I've started writing songs for almost all the kids of our friends and yet this is one of the only tunes that made it through the grinder. This project was the last tune I created using the on-board microphone on the Powerbook. I learned to close myself in the guest bedroom in our house to reduce background noise. This song is unique as it's the only one I've made that includes 5-part vocal harmony.

Lyrics: Two kids, never knew no fear, brothers who magically could appear anywhere a problem needed solved. They helped Larry find his cat. They fed Mary's snake a rat. They found Jerry's lost hounddog. Those kids foiled a robbery. Those kids solved a mystery. Those kids are heroes walking tall.

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