Anchors was written about my daughter, the words in 2007 and the music somewhat later. It's about seeing a way to healing and life from the vantage point of personal paralysis and despair.

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Related styles: Rock: College Rock, Folk: Alternative Folk, Mood: Intellectual

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A melting pot of indie rock, folk, avant garde and classical style, The Weed Garden summarizes four decades and more of music in a seamless alloy. At once accessible and arcane, layers of texture intertwine in song craft that is both familiar and strange.
The Weed Garden is the product of composer and multi-performer Paul Barsom's interests in rock, pop, and avant garde. Growing up immersed in an eclectic spectrum of music including '60s pop and R&B, progressive art rock, European concert music and the broad range of styles spawned during the fertile 1970s, Barsom spent his youth and early adulthood in a series of working bands of various styles. At the same time he was studying classical music, at first on his own, then in college and graduate school, ultimately earning a doctorate in composition from The Eastman School of Music. The unhealthy environment he had experienced as a road-seasoned bassist and singer from age 13 to 22 pushed him toward the steadier and safer path of academia, while doing only occasional band work. Just out of graduate school he began teaching composition and electronic music at Penn State University. But it was the staid and insular nature of conservatory culture and music that eventually led him back toward a creative middle road that melded his passions for composerly craft and intelligent song writing in a rock medium.