Before I say anything at all about this video,
White people: Are you trying to figure out what to do with your grief and anger about Charlottesville?
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A word about my video – I had had the idea for this song immediately following the election, but I wasn’t able to finish it until last Wednesday evening. I have been losing sleep over the situation with North Korea, and I found that writing this song helped me to find some serenity. I originally imagined this being sort of a slow, obnoxious rock ballad…but then I played drum set in the orchestra pit for the musical Chicago, and I decided it would sound better in sort of a vaudeville big band arrangement. So as you’re listening, imagine it sounds more like this: