Ian Galipeau
Reflections on Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day. In New England, it's a day that marks the unofficial start of summer. A day when people gather with family and...
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Ian Galipeau
- Oct 3, 2023
- 3 min
September Songs
Last month, I took on a challenge that was well outside my comfort zone, as a songwriter - I set a goal of finishing a song every day for...
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Ian Galipeau
- May 25, 2023
- 3 min
New Release: Soldier's Lullaby
I am releasing a new song tomorrow (5/26/23). While it's a new release, it's been a long journey for me, and I'm excited to be sharing it...
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Ian Galipeau
- May 23, 2023
- 4 min
Creation Stories: Fine Line
“Fine Line” is probably the most fun song on Like We Were Never Here At All, and it would have been smarter of me to change the chorus to...
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Ian Galipeau
- Feb 15, 2023
- 3 min
Creation Stories: Can't Go On
I don’t remember specifically when I wrote "Can't Go On", but it was approximately 2014. I know Barack Obama was in his 2nd term - I...
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Ian Galipeau
- Feb 4, 2023
- 2 min
Working Together
I had a conversation with my Modern Fools bandmate Jon Braught the other day on the way to band practice. We both live in Keene, so we...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jan 25, 2023
- 3 min
Creation Stories: Where It Begins
This is one of the more intense songs on the Like We Were Never Here At All. It’s a meditation on the cultural and societal forces that...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jan 11, 2023
- 3 min
Creation Stories: The Sound
“... told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” This is a song that started from a musical goal... I was not writing...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jan 4, 2023
- 3 min
Creation Stories: Burning Down
This entry will inherently be political, because “Burning Down” is a song aimed at the cowardice of many conservative politicians over...
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Ian Galipeau
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
Creation Stories: Red Moon Running
I often tell this story before I perform "Red Moon Running", but it deserves to be written down at least as much as any of these other...
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Ian Galipeau
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Creation Stories: Ozymandias
I wrote this song after rewatching Breaking Bad, and it is essentially “the ballad of Walter White”. It shares a title with the...
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Ian Galipeau
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Creation Stories: In The Way
"In The Way" was the last song written for Like We Were Never Here At All, and it was also by far the most rushed piece of music I’ve...
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Ian Galipeau
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
Creation Stories: It's Alright
This song was written chorus-first, kind of by accident. My daughter Charlie kept asking me to "play fast songs so I can dance,” and so I...
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Ian Galipeau
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
A Little Perspective
I played a show this summer at a farm. It was billed as a "family fun night", with a food truck, hay rides, live music and a petting...
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Ian Galipeau
- Sep 13, 2022
- 3 min
Creation Stories: Smoke
I started this song in late 2018 with a specific musical goal in mind - I wanted to re-use a rhythm from a song I wrote with Honest...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
The New Middle Man
I don't know if you've noticed this, but social media is not a great communication tool (citation needed). It's a fun way for me as an...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
With A Little Help From My Friends
I played a show a couple months ago with Modern Fools, on an amazing stage, opening for a national touring act. Huge light show, smoke...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
Creation Stories: Passenger
I wrote “Passenger” around 2015, just as my band Honest Thieves was coming to an end. The initial prompt came from my very good friend...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Raise/Raze
As I'm working on a new album, I'm also spending some time reflecting on the things that worked (and the many things that didn't work) in...
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Ian Galipeau
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
Creation Stories: Devil In The Darkness
I've been expecting to run short on blog topics at some point, so I had it in the back of my head that I'd start a series about where my...
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