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Learn moreI can still clearly remember showing my mother a small news article about the first concert to be held in Giants Stadium.
Suddenly it’s been six months since I wrote a blog post.
I have spent the last two days at a water theme park with the kids, thinking about death.
In March I get to present at the Lost Southern Voices Festival, a “two-day celebration of lost and underappreciated Southern writers.”
When I was young, I assumed that everyone heard music in their head most of the time, that everyone had the same kind of running soundtrack that kept me company.
In a previous post I talked about the story of Bob, a character from a draft of the novel that did not make the final cut.
I’ve been thinking about numbers.It’s only natural, once a product of yours comes out, to start following its sales.
How did I meet Paul Melançon? I was climbing into the original Uncle Green van, an old Ford Econoline we bought from Sears—no back seat, only a small love seat we took from our living room, so Paul had to sit against the metal wall.
Four weeks and two days ago The Weight of Sound left the safety of my brain (and my Macbook) and entered the real world.
In my my last entry I talked about the creation of the novel’s soundtrack; this time, I wanted to focus on how one song went from existing only as a title, and a stray line, to becoming a fully realized recording.
As the release of The Weight of Sound inches closer, I find myself thinking about Bob.
Explore stories, insights, and behind-the-scenes updates from Peter.
As drummer for the rock band Uncle Green, Peter McDade spent fifteen years traveling the highways of America in a series of Ford vans. While the band searched for fame and a safe place to eat before a gig, he began writing short stories and novels. Uncle Green went into semi-retirement after four labels, seven records, and one name change; Peter went to Georgia State University and majored in History and English, eventually earning an MA in History. He teaches history to college undergrads, records with Paul Melançon and Eytan Mirsky, and lives in Atlanta with his family.
