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| Dedicated to Anya Leonard. |
CD: "An American Composer"
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| Dedicated to Myra Nguyen. |
CD: "An American Composer"
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| A 13 minute sonata written mostly in Astana, Kazakhstan and Moscow, Russia. Dedicated to
Daniel Johnston. |
CD: "An American Composer"
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| Lane and his brother Erik and used to have a method of choosing titles for their songs while in the studio. They would open a National Geographic magazine to a random page and then point their finger at the text - whatever their finger was pointing at became the name of the song. Concerning this particular piece, Lane is pretty sure that the article was about ants. (This song reached the #21 piano song in the nation spot on May 8th, 2003.) -Myra, Website Manager |
CD: "Gold Album"
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| Dedicated to my uncle, David Johnston. |
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| Unlike many of my pieces, The Nest sticks close to the same form throughout. The quicker part with the breaks used to make Alex Dunlap dance around in the fraternity house. Alex aint't much of a dancer, but he has excellent taste in music.
On a more serious note, my Father says I could "squeeze tears out of a turnip" with this song. He said this the first time I played the piece, and sure enough, I sqeezed tears out of the turnip.
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CD: "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| This song has a different style for me -
Completely different, especially in the opening passage. I guess this is why I'm so frustrated that people love this song. I don't ordinarily write songs like this!
(All the way, From me to you was ranked the #1 Piano song in Texas on April 29th, 2003.)
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CD: "Black Album" and "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| I would like to point out that the opening passage is in 5/5 time. Of course for all of you who count with your fingers this is not news. Last spring break (in early March) I was in a totally empty apartment all week hanging out with my friend Mackie McKinney. There was this one evening that I was getting really worked up about this new idea of playing in 5/5, and eventually Mackie said, "Its like, did people forget to look at their hands? That opposable thumb makes all the difference!" Oh Mackie! |
CD: "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| In my old house in Plano, Texas, my parents had the upright piano sitting right next to the bed in the master bedroom. My older brother Erik and I would play our songs every night for the family, sometimes after reading the Bible. This was one of my Mother and Father's favorites that I wrote (Erik writes too). I recorded this song when I was 19 years old at Crystal Clear Sound Studios in Dallas. It was, and still is, one of the most developed pieces I have ever written. |
CD: "Black Album" and "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| For me this is simply a fun song, hence the name. Although even I don't approve of my singing, almost every part of this melody has
words to it that I sing (in my head) while playing. My sister Julianna told me not to sing but usually the best advice is to do whatever Julianna says "not" to do. Maybe I was wrong about Julianna this time. Many of my siblings have offered back-rubs and even cash payments for me to not sing. Not only that, but my dad keeps telling me this story about Burt Bacharach who fulfilled a lifelong ambition to sing in public and it
nearly scuttled his otherwise excellent career (as a composer). I don't think I will listen to Julianna or my dad anymore.
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CD: "Black Album"
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| I wrote this my freshman year (Fall '99) at the wild, crazy and famous Jester Dormitory at the University of Texas. Pure inspiration. Anyone and everyone who has ever lived there, visited there, or puked in the elevator there knows what I mean. And (and this is the best part) I was feeling like a real stud because this brunette creature kissed me by a tree next to the business school. She actually thought I was somebody else as it turned out but somehow that doesn't matter too much to me. I really didn't know kissing
worked like that until then. Life can be so good! Sometimes a guy just gets lucky! Anyway, this song was inspired by a TV News Program. "N! B!C!" Try it. Just go up to a piano and play em "N" "B" "C" and there ya
go. It doesn't take much sometimes. Just a kiss. |
CD: "Black Album" and "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston
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| The movie Vanilla Sky inspired this song. |
CD: "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| This is the first song Lane ever wrote. |
CD: "Red Album" and "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| I wrote this song in a one-bedroom apartment in West Campus. I added instruments one by one. I used to listen to it every day until I got pretty sick of it. |
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| I pretty much got kicked out of my fraternity house for over-practicing this piece. My natural pompousness probably didn't help much. We all know that some frat houses will evict ya just for being
able to play the piano (besides it wasn't in tune anyway). Most people don't appreciate how many times a composer will play a piece before we decide to "put it down." As Dean Jones put it, "and not to mention every day at 8 AM I get woke up by this 'bleeping' piano playin'
and it don't stop all day long. GEEZ! It wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't playin' the same song every time!" I am sorry but I just can't quite capture it the way he used to say it. I Miss you Dean. |
CD: N/A
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| I have to be honest. I name 'em "Etudes" when I am unable to figure out a name, and the song is quick paced. Pretty lame huh? This etude was blessed with quite a pompous march right after the 2 minute mark. |
CD: "Black Album" and "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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CD: "Black Album"
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CD: N/A
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| Unless I am just completely bored, this song usually run in my head sub-consciously. Whenever I approach the end of what is already solidified, my concious takes over and I guess I try to write (usually it just happens). Sitting in Physical Science last spring my brain had
gotten to a concluding part of Treason, and I paused. Then Lesli walked by: Ah, Lesli! Lesli is a fountain of energy, if she walked by me everyday my musical output would probably triple. I had no idea where
she was going (it was 20 minutes into class), which probably inspired this new theme. I jumped into a new tonal chord and began a new adventure in sound. |
CD: N/A
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| Written in Plano Texas, this was one of the first songs I ever wrote. The March came about one evening when my father challenged
me. He said, "Hey Lane, play a march," and the first minute or so of this song was born.
It is a simple theme but I was trying to generate some energy. There is something about a march that is exciting but scary. |
CD: "Red Album" and "Gold Album"
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| An improvisation for my cousin Chris Gearhart. Please note the first two notes of the melody are C and G. Chris has quite a wild/creative/genius about him - that's why I added the fast part. Miss you Chris. |
CD: N/A
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| Living with six girls can be quite mischevious. Thats all I have to say about THAT. |
CD: N/A
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| This song was originally intended to be the following song after "The Nest," but I never got around to recording "The Nest" for the Black Album, so I had to just have the piece stand on its own, and heck, why not call
it Thursday?" |
CD: "Black Album" and "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| When my brother Erik heard this song he said, "Lane, this is like life." That is probably because I had this song in my head for 2 months. Then one day I sat down and recorded it, with a favorite bridge of mine in the middle. As far as I know, I only played this song for 2 or 3 days and immediatlely put it down. Some people think it is repetetive, but then doesn't life fall into repetetive routines? |
CD: "Compilation - Lane Gearhart Garrett Johnston"
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| This is one of my earliest songs, and one of my Father's favorites. I've always had the problem of playing too fast. Argh! I like playing fast! |
CD: "Red Album"
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| My older brother Erik and three of my roommates (Chris Moore, Bryan Adkins, and Jordan Steinbaugh) were with me when I recorded the "Black Album". We were at Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas. Even with my
illustrious roommates along, this most excellent studio gave us a cheaper rate if we recorded from midnight to 6:00 AM, rather than their "peak hours." So, it was 5:00 AM Chris was snoring, Erik and I had been
working like a couple of sheep herders and this thing just came to me -- like the dews of heaven. I'm a believer. May God bless all
roommates. |
CD: "Black Album" (Click on song title for lyrics)
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| I wrote this song because Jocelyn Wright prompted me to compose spontaneously in
the orchestra room of Vines High School by playing three notes and saying, "Ok Lane, if
you can write music, write a song starting with these three notes." This title was handed to me by either an uncle or aunt... who knows? But it seemed to fit. However, after watching my brother David
metamorphasize through SUPURBerty, the title has new meaning and somehow it's even more appropriate. |
CD: "Red Album"
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| I used to think that the second movement always had to be slow. This is what a second movement sounded like when I
thought like this... |
CD: "Red Album"
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| This song is pretty cool. Has anyone else noticed all my songs used to be shorter? |
CD: "Red Album"
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