TK Lumen

Check out the Vintage 2025 releases: 

Like a charcuterie at a vineyard, these songs come in a variety of genres. Alphabetized by title, click the title links below to get a “sip” and find it on your streaming platform of choice. 

American Dream - Genre: ROCK

This song is my social commentary piece from 2006 on the rat race back then. The Bible verses that inspired some of the lyrics include Matthew 16:26 & Mark 8:36.

Fajita (Fall Into Me) - Genre: Alt Rock

A friend in college was struggling with anxiety and depression, so this was written for her. The lyrics are inspired by imagery of a parent in the deep end of a pool with arms outstretched for their floaties-strapped child who is standing on the edge struggling to have the faith to step out. It parallels our struggle with trusting God, who is often not asking us to leap, but to simply let go and fall into His arms.

Falling - Genre: Alt Rock

Control is an illusion, and life is more like a free fall than we realize (thank you, Tom Petty) …but our choices direct whether we fall ‘more in love with’ or ‘farther away from’ God and true meaning to this life. The Bible verse that inspired some of the lyrics for this song is Matthew 7:13-14.

Little Crazy - Genre: Indie Pop Rock

It seemed at the time that most wedding themed songs were slow and sung by a guy…or were hymnals. I took on a personal challenge to write an up tempo wedding song with female vocals (milked the high notes!) It intentionally gives a nod to the faith basis for love and marriage but with a touch of whimsy. If you sit back a moment and think about it, true faith and true love makes us all look a little crazy, and so a song was born. There are plans to do a punk rendition of this light-hearted tune in the future.

Mellow Moon - Genre: Jazz “Standard”

Back in the day, I worked a lot of night shifts and 48-hour events. On my breaks, I'd step outside the building and look up at the moon, which helped me get centered and a fresh perspective from some particularly stressful times. I'd think about how many people all over the world were able to up look up at the same moon. It's just wild to me how we are all created with the ability to be larger than life and still be a minute blip in the universe at the same time.

Reality - Genre: Latin Alt Rock

Sometimes we get to this place in where we're living in our own head and trying to work out our own issues alone, ignoring or rejecting the loving help others offer. I'd found this true in my relationships, both with people and God. This song was written at the end of a season in my life where I was getting lost in thoughts and isolating from people, more often than not, trying to reason through my faith — like trying to manifest an oxymoron. In times like these, God has brought people into my life or reminded me of something in the past where faith and reality converged, bringing clarity to my questions and doubts at the time. Some of the revelations that inspired the lyrics came from these Bible verses: Isaiah 55:8-9 & I Corinthians 1:27.

Significance - Genre: Indie Folk Alt

We all journey through adolescence and beyond, trying to find ourselves and our purpose in life. As a musician, throw in all the pressure to “break out” as an artist, and I found myself trying to look for “significance” …as the world defines it. The point in life in which I decided I'd rather be insignificant in the world's eyes than live a life of inauthenticity was the point when I started to come into my own …and when I wrote this song. The Bible verses that contribute to the revelation that themed this song are Matthew 19:30 & Luke 13:30.

Sweet Irony - Genre: Rockabilly Ballad

There are people who are single, looking for their “soul mate," and who are the best of friends with a pretty qualified person …but for one reason or another they just never pursue a romantic relationship. No friends with benefits situations, 100% supportive when the other person dates someone else, just a pure love for the other person that is closer than family.  That kind of relationship vibes with one's soul but just feels ironically wrong when considering pursuing something further. In the midst of the relationship, it makes it hard to tell if it's a romance that just isn't ready to bloom or if it's some sort of tragic comedy , this being in such an ironic relationship. The limbo between is a little sweet and a little sad, making it ironic...hence a sweet irony.

Willow Tree - Genre: Jazz “Standard”, Island Leisure

Longing is a side effect of any long distance relationship of quality — significant others, friends, or family. This song was written while a special friend was away during one of the seasonal college breaks.  Young love has always been a great source for songwriting, no? 

Will This Last - Genre: Slow Ballad

Just another sad love song, this was written after  a friend-in-the-super-early-dating-stage was suddenly deployed overseas. Sometimes you're tested in love by how willing you are to let it go and trust that what's meant to be comes back. I was definitely in a season of learning that faith is not a feeling but  a series of choices, and that trust often looked like surrendering my feelings to God. Hindsight is 20-20, and looking back, trusting Him as never failed me.

Newly Recorded 2025 Releases:

Written before the hiatus, check out these 2025 productions.

Misguided - Genre: Indie Alt Rock

My first production after the 20-year hiatus, Misguided was written shortly after the album (so, late 2000s) about breaking out a cyclical relationship with an extremely toxic individual. I was new to the dating scene and knew nothing about healthy relationships. I finally saw the signs, the patterns, was able to admit to the reality of the situation, and stand my ground against the gaslighting & manipulation.  Some of us are more naturally prone to be in the “You live, you learn” camp of life …what can I say?  God had to save me from myself as much as from the situation, but I got a song and many, many life lessons out of the deal. 

Willow Tree (2025 Refresh) - This is the 2025 production of the song originally produced in 2006.

Willow Tree (Instrumental) - With a trumpet in place of the vocals, this is my first swing at a more sync-friendly remix of my song.