DeeDee Fountain

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  • 16 Years… 16!!!

    It feels like yesterday I was learning how to use this site and now… well, it’s been a roller coaster of years. Extreme highs and extreme lows. So much life, so much learning, and so many moments in between. Thank you for being here with me.

  • DeeDee Fountain Across the Web

    DeeDee Fountain Across the Web A short listening and viewing guide to the places DeeDee’s work is already living online. Start where the music meets you. Listen Choose the service that already fits your day. Watch Short-form moments and full videos live here. Find the version that feels like yours. Listen Spotify, Bandcamp, SoundCloud Watch…

  • Hi. I Know — I’ve Been Quiet.

    Hi. I know — I’ve been quiet. Not gone. Just quiet, at least when it comes to music. I never really stopped performing or creating. I wandered into other spaces, other platforms, other ways of expressing myself. Life changed. I changed. And somewhere along the way, music stopped being the place where you heard from…

  • What the Comeback Looks Like From Here

    I’ve been asked a version of this question a lot since I started posting again: what does the comeback look like? The truthful answer is that I’m still inside it, which makes it hard to describe from the outside. But I’ll try. The comeback looks like sitting in front of a recording setup at 11pm…

  • Eight Years in Berlin

    I went to Berlin because I needed to not be here anymore. The album — Can’t Wait Until Dark, 2008 through 2010 — broke something in me. Not the music itself. The music I still believe in. But the experience of making it was something else. Too many hands in the pot. Not enough trust…

  • The Story Behind Can’t Wait Until Dark

    Can’t Wait Until Dark was an experiment. I wish I could tell you that I went into making my first album with some grand artistic vision, a perfectly mapped-out sound, and complete confidence in what I was doing. Absolutely not. I had no clear path. I knew I wanted to make music, and I knew…

  • Actually Watching

    Okay, first of all, I didn’t disappear. I need to correct that because every time somebody comes back to music after a while, the story becomes, “I stepped away from social media.” I did not. I was on YouTube. I was on Instagram. I was definitely on Facebook. I was around, probably saying something I…

  • In the Studio Right Now

    People keep asking when new music is coming. Here’s the honest answer: I’m in it right now. Not “in the studio” like a press release. I mean actually in it — headphones on too long, humming the same four bars until they stop sounding like words, deleting a vocal take at 1am because it was…

  • In My Social Media Divine Era

    Who said your 40s are when you slow down? I didn’t get that memo. If anything, I feel like I’ve gotten more curious. And probably a little more ridiculous. I was thinking about social media the other day and how different it feels to me now. There was a time when I thought way too…

  • What a Year

    January 29, 2026. What a year. And yes, I know we’re only 29 days into it. My laptop is kaput. It’s blistering cold here in New Jersey. I’m overwhelmed, slightly annoyed, and I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. So things are going great. I’ve been thinking a lot about where I want to…