A "New" Song! Sort of...

So, I haven’t really been doing much music lately.

Actually, it’s been a few years since I did any significant writing, recording, or performing, for that matter.  I participated in FAWM (February Album Writing Month) a few years back, and got a bunch of great new tunes out of it.

It was a lot of fun, and I got really creative for a bit.  But, the Dutch oven cookbooks kinda took over much of my creative focus, so I never demo’ed those tunes. In addition, I had some struggles with my computers and my music software.

I’ve had a few chances to perform in the meantime.  In fact, Brendon and I worked up some tunes for a house concert at my friend Andy’s house. It was really fun performing with my son, and a few of those tunes were premiered that day, from that FAWM batch.

Then, another friend of mine got a monthly open mic going out here in Eagle Mountain, at this fun sandwich/coffee shop called the Little Corner Cafe. I managed to get a couple of good performance videos out of it.

This first one is from the FAWM songs, and it’s called “Messin’ With The Recipe”.  Here’s the video:



Here are the lyrics:

Messin’ With the Recipe

By Mark Hansen with Jodi Hansen - 2/19/11

Some people I know when they cook
Double check the recipe and follow the book
They measure every spice They sift and pour
Doing to perfection What’s been done before

No reason to question No reason to doubt
Somebody else already figured it out
So why go
Messin’ with the recipe

Some people I know When they’re in the kitchen
Work fast and free With their imagination
A little of this and A Pinch of that
What should we add? Well, what’ve we got?

No time to wonder No time to waste
Just throw it in And see how it’ll taste
So why bother
Messin’ with a recipe


Is it savory or is it sweet?
Is it dessert or is it meat?
Do you like the smell?
Do you like the flavor?
Do you chomp it down
Or is it a dish to savor?

Now I’m not a chef But when I’m cooking
I’ll have the book open And I’m always looking
But I can’t ever leave Well enough alone
I’m dashing, splashing flavors Stirring all on my own

Sometimes I hit Sometimes I botch
But I always try  To kick it up a notch
Seems I’m always
Messin’ with the recipe

Is your life savory or is it sweet?
Is your life dessert or is it meat?
Do you like the smell?
Do you like the flavor?
Do you chomp it down
Or is it a dish to savor?

Seems I’m always
Messin’ with the recipe

Come back often to hear about new songs and shows. Mark also has other sites and blogs, including his Dutch Oven blog: Mark's Black Pot and his LDS pop culture blog: MoBoy blog.