Liquid Glass: The Song
September 5, 2025
In advance of the fall OS releases from Apple, I wrote a little song about Liquid Glass.
It’s a short ditty, only about 90 seconds long. I hope it will bring a smile.
The song came together very quickly, written in the morning, performed for the first time that evening. I’ve included that story below the video.
Please feel free to share it with others who might enjoy it as well!
Making of a Song: 12 Hours and 1200 Miles
The song was conceived, written, and debuted over a 12 hour period while on my way from Anaheim, CA to Seattle, WA.
I started the day at Disneyland—a typical post-WWDC destination for me. I was about to embark on a day-long journey to Seattle to play a few songs in a mini-Breakpoint Jam at Brent Simmon’s retirement party.
The idea for the song hit me as I was walking across the grounds of the Disneyland Hotel, roller bag in tow, heading for the airport.
Once I got through security, I found an empty gate, and worked out the chords on my ukulele. I also recorded the ukulele part so I could ‘practice’ silently in my head on the flight.
I had a 90-minute layover in Oakland. I texted longtime Breakpoint Laura Savino, who was performing with us that night. I sent her the chords and she kindly agreed to print out a chord chart for the new song.
I arrived in Seattle, checked into my hotel and ran through the song a couple of times in my room.
Omni Group CEO and Breakpoint Ken Case was also performing with us that night. He was also good enough to give me a lift to the show. I gave him a preview of the song in the car en route. Fortunately he was amused, so it seemed the song was on the right track.
Audio Version Of The Song
In the coming days I will be making an audio version of Liquid Glass available to everyone on the James Dempsey and the Breakpoints mailing list. This low-volume mailing list also gets early access to tickets for our annual LIVE near WWDC show.
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