www.mikegarrigan.com In this episode, I take on a prompt that felt personal from the start: create a song featuring your grandfather’s handmade folk harp. That harp has been sitting quietly in the corner of my garage studio—Two Egrets—for years. It’s not just another instrument. My grandfather, James John Garrigan Jr., built it by hand while my grandmother Nell was nearing the end of her life. Because of that, it carries something deeper than sound—it feels like an artifact of love, gri...
7 Mar 2026
Experiment 16: If You Say So
In this episode, we start with a familiar rock-and-roll question: are you a Beatles person or a Rolling Stones person? Inspired by a line from Pulp Fiction—where Mia Wallace suggests people fall into either the Beatles or Elvis camp—we explore a slightly different divide: the polished brilliance of The Beatles versus the raw, attitude-driven energy of The Rolling Stones. From there, the conversation traces the long shadow the Beatles once cast over the Stones—from early covers like “I Wanna B...
1 Feb 2026
Experiment 15: Diamonds in the Sky
www.mikegarrigan.com - In this episode, I trace a line from hearing Nevermind for the first time in 1991 to writing an original song inspired by its raw power and dynamic contrasts. Moving through memory, music history, and the nuts and bolts of recording, I explore how Nirvana’s quiet-loud architecture shaped not just a sound, but a way of seeing. The song “Diamonds in the Sky” becomes a vehicle for non-dual spirituality, integral consciousness, and creative surrender. Along the way, I confr...
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