Baby Fred is an alternative rock/pop duo consisting of
Briyan Fredrick Baker and Joe Maki. Briyan writes the lyrics and Joe writes the music.
Exceptions where noted.
Individual songs with some tracks featuring a link to the original production.
Current Spotlight Singles
Music and lyrics written in December 2025. A haunted inventory of missed chances and half-remembered nights, where old scenes linger like ghosts in the empty streets of memory. Part memory-piece, part reckoning, we wander the abandoned streets of what was, what wasn’t, and what almost was.
Inside My Ghost Town Head
Music and lyrics written in June 2026. Loosely based on the loose ends we leave behind for loved ones to bind. Life is rarely neat and tidy.
Loose Ends
Written in May of 2026. A look back at youthful arrogance, bad judgment, and the foolish belief that any of us truly escape our former selves.
Read Briyan’s story about creating the lyric
Caught Redhanded
Written in May 2026. Music by Joe, lyrics by Briyan. A sharp, sardonic singalong about herd thinking, conformity, and the strange comfort people find in surrendering their judgment to the crowd.
Following The Followers
A couple of days after Joe handed off music for this one that he had titled “Goldfinch” (he felt especially cheerful while writing it and apparently the goldfinch is considered to be an extra cheerful bird), he got a text from Briyan that simply said, “Goldfinch was fun.” A bright little riddle in three-quarter time, “Mrs. Goldfinch” hums with suggestion, where every detail feels like a clue to something that refuses to be named. Written December 2025.
Mrs. Goldfinch
Written in 1987. Music by Joe, lyrics by Briyan. A rare fully formed arrival, “Can’t Hide the Tears” captures the moment when guarded feelings finally step into the light.
