RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK TWELVE Last week, I re-released Skeleton Keys. This week, it is Songs In The Key Of Skeleton, a covers album, featuring a bunch of my friend's versions of my songs. This one holds a special place in my heart. #coversongs #originalmusic gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK ELEVEN Skeleton Keys was an album that started as what I like to call a "charity challenge." 12 friends gave some money to their charity of choice, in exchange for me turning their prompts into quirky, indie rock songs. gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/skelet...

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK TEN My album Write On! was written in a time where I was involved in songwriting workshops and reading books about the craft. It's 30 short songs to aid in the inspiration and perspiration of writing. gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/write-...

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK NINE I spent a week or two in 2020, writing Christmas songs on the piano and then went into my home studio and added fun sounds, like jingle bells, and hand drums, and the like. #christmassongs #originalmusic gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/christ...

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK EIGHT I wrote 22 Love Songs using #vss365 writing prompts to come up with songs about love and relationship, a sort of imaginative look into what I've experienced and what I would want out of a partner. gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/22-lov...

Lovers

Happy Valentine's Day! A little EP I created a few years ago, to celebrate. With the songs, "A Flower For Every Hour," and "Ones and Zeroes." #casiocasanova #originalsongs gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/casio-...

"No One Hears Just The Same (The Depot Song)" #odetomyopenmic #originalsong gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/the-de...

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK SEVEN Enlisted my friend Justin again for beats over seven poems that had to do with the theme, "fun." Did some singing, too. #originalpoems #beatswithwords gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/fun

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK SIX An album of Rumi poems that I turned into original songs to celebrate a spiritually non-traditional friend's marriage. Utilizes Rumi's transcendent way with words, aided along by piano, guitar, and a melodic voice. gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/rumi-f...

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK FIVE I met Shelly on Twitter. After chatting some, we decided to attempt an album together: my music, her words. I like how it turned out! Dark & light, happy & sad. #originalmusic #perfectcollaboration gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/these-...

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK FOUR! While I worked at Jimmy Johns in Columbia, there was a young man, Justin, who made some pretty dope beats in his free time. I wrote poems about colors, kind of a "synethesia" sort of thing, and recorded them over his cool beats. gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/color-...

RE-RELEASE PARTY: WEEK THREE One of my favorites of all I've recorded, there is an indie sweetness and lyrical playfulness to the tracks on my album What Grows Us: my second solo album ever! Half an hour play time, and fourteen songs. gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/what-g...

Did you feel my heart? It was #heartfelt Indentations on the floor From where I knelt Does God have a basket With all of our prayers? In this world Where we’re overlooked And life’s not always fair Does he see our minds? All that’s selfish and unkind? All that’s gracious and hopeful? #vss365

The world is really #wonky Right now The singer in the honky tonk Starts to howl What would we do W/out warbly music To mirror our Drowning souls? What would we do W/out hammering piano To fill in the Bullet holes? The world is really wonky Right now The singer in the honky tonk Starts to howl

Some think they’re so good They must be #Unmissable Some feel they’re so bad They must be Unkissable Sometimes I feel either way But my soda pop heart’s not Unfizzable #vss365

RE-RELEASE PARTY: SECOND WEEK A marriage of underground hip hop and lo-fi indie rock, this album that I made with Jason Corrigan is the first album I created post-college #originalmusic #rereleases gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/hip-ho...

He wants you always #spooked He doesn’t want you loved He wants to keep your thoughts From rising up above The hell you’re living in Scary headlines on the news Caught up in a web of lies Never knowing truth He wants you all the time Haggard beat and worn He thinks the human heart… #vss365

You might call me an #oddball I spin a little wobbly But I guess that’s what comes With living honestly The earth’s axis is tilted I’m a little skewed But I always try To have a good attitude #vss365

I’m not #clueless Life’s got its teeth But I think my strength Comes from being weak Kindness is a power In the face of the ferocious Life’s plod of progress Comes from being devoted Living my way In the upside down kingdom There are so many captives Maybe my words will free em #vss365

Can’t stare straight at it… Or I would be blinded! When I try to look for it Well, I can’t find it It seems the universe Is trying to hide it #Abstraction! Is my only hope! I’m hanging on The end of my rope Just a little twist And I can cope Abstraction! #vss365

To light my candle To #delight in how I handle The weight of the day The color and the gray The way that all the geese say The sky is worth a song Honk and honk along How joy can lead us on I want to be a goose In your sky I hope that somehow Together we can fly With delight All day long #vss365

Gonna re-release all twenty something albums I've written over the course of the first couple of months of 2026. Here's where it all started, with my St. Mary's Project. Enjoy! gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/seven-...

Mr Sandman Give me a dream… Fill my sleeping thoughts With the music of the spheres Take these sour night visions Concocted from my fears And substitute them with Legends, lore, and love My days are pretty pleasant But my dreams are never fun #vss365

Sold my soul Barefoot #soles I’ve been solo Long enough Unloose my tongue Climb the rungs Have some fun Now my heart’s tough But not too tough Experience wins us depth Life salts us with the Seasoning of death I hope we get some time Together I don’t know about Forever #vss365

There’s really no escape What are we gonna do On #Mars? How can we handle Spaceships? When we’re down here Crashing cars The body is decaying It is a feast for worms We have a cross to bear But the flesh just Squirms and squirms And squirms #vss365

A water sign My heart awash In emotions Your fire My feelings But do I know how To follow through? Your #air Breathes beauty The earth is set ablaze For a century I guess I just wanted to say I’m really glad I met you #vss365

Want to hear some creative and fun original Christmas tunes? Check out Badgerland's 17th annual Christmas compilation! #tistheseason badgerland.bandcamp.com/album/season...

A new Christmas tradition? Listen to Christmas Potpourri and share with your loved ones! #makeajoyfulnoise #HappyHolidays open.spotify.com/album/0HQwEL...

written over a thousand songs but smoked over a thousand cigarettes had over a thousand worries but prayed over a thousand prayers eaten over a thousand meals and breathed over a thousand breaths it adds up, the good and the bad didn't think i'd make it to 46 years #originalpoem

"This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights That thou would wish thine own heart dry of blood you." HAPPY HALLOWEEN! www.instagram.com/p/CVOVyNDDr_Y/

P-E-A-C-E I pray for your peace For every living thing P-E-A-C-E Because of the anxiety This crazy world brings P-E-A-C-E I’m here Right now Show me how To be okay P-E-A-C-E #originalsong #honestprayer

Waiting for this #Synthesis At least I can have it In myself Won’t wait for All my stars to align To take my gift Down off the shelf Seek my yum Don’t be dumb And follow my bliss Of all the things I can’t do At least I can Handle this Self synthesis Self synthesis Following my bliss #vss365

Do you get #grumpy When your coffee’s cold Your oatmeal lumpy? Do you feel sad There’s a traffic jam When the weather’s bad? I hope you see the Silver lining I hope that there’s Divine timing Believe that things Are always looking up And drink that blessed cup #vss365

#mystical beasts And fantastic heroes Don’t just stay In the waters that are shallow Put off into the deep! Dream even when You’re not asleep Fairy wings And pixie dust In the magical We trust Put off into the deep! Dream even when You’re not asleep There’s always time For fairy tales #vss365

When things are turning grey You put a #rainbow in my sky When trouble’s on the way You help me to get by When I have only scraps You prepare for me a feast When the thunder claps Well, I know that at least The rain will water my flowers The sadness will turn to joy #vss365

Your mouth like an “O” The way the joy flows From the bottom of your gut Like Jabba the Hut It helps To let out a hearty #laugh High cackles Low rumbles It’s your happy autograph Feel the pleasure If you can measure Your life In candid laughter It’ll be the life You’re after #vss365

Spiders In the corner Of my house The don’t bother anyone Just keep to themselves Killing the pests In the places That we rest & they do it Just for fun Don’t charge you a dime Be more like a #spider Hide or Respect each other’s space Be more like a spider Don’t make them pack Their next suitcase

No more bologna Pass the last #brownie Don’t give me lip service Honestly We deserve this A genuine connection Some time for reflection In houses made of glass Don’t be throwing stones Like Sherlock Holmes We can crack the case In a funky tune It’s all about the bass #vss365

Every game Has its #rules Every town Its village idiot Every handy man Has his tools If you’re not destroying something Hopefully You’re building it Are you building Your own city in the sky? Are you learning Every day Just how to fly? Do you have A million trillion Questions why? #vss365

#Angel wings in water Stir the healing pool And then what comes after Is a life empty or full We ask for our freedom Then drown in liberty There’s a high price for healing For finally being free Do you want to be well? The opposite is hell #vss365

Have you got the #charm? Can I hold you In my arms? Do you fight without The armor? Do it for the honor? Our hearts are transparent Our motives are apparent To bring the good to u to help u see it through Do you taste The sweet honey in the rock? Do u have a moment So that we can talk? #vss365

If you’re so wise Like an owl Wherefore this #scowl Wherefore this frown Even if it’s going down The sun will rise again You will find a friend Like photosynthesis Just believe in this Forest and fairies Don’t be skeptical Or wary Like wind in your sails This love will never fail #vss365

This night was made For #mischief This universe for kisses Enough love to go around This philanthropic sound Spin your partner In the dance floor Ask the universe For more and more This grand dream That we are making This free goodness For the taking #vss365

plumb the depths #hum in the face of death face the day like a bee and buzz from flower to flower derive your power from your purpose pierce the surface and sing your enduring song #vss365

Eyes like two #sapphires Red hair like flowing silk She’s a lady you’d admire Her tongue is like white milk She don’t need no makeup Her beauty is all natural From the moment that she wakes up You’d say, “Holy mackerel” Eyes like two sapphires Red hair like flowing silk #vss365

Spare me Like a #sparrow Needle In the marrow Fly high Up above this World of sorrow And of song Spare me Like a sparrow If the way Is narrow I know that I won’t be For this weary world For very long #vss365