Old Singer Songwriter Files Have A Heart Throb Looking through my old files, and I found some of my own 80’s music that I recorded as demos but never took any further. I actually recorded a bunch of songs like this in hotel rooms, or bars, or even in trailers while I was on the road. So…not high quality, but fun to “look back … The rest of the story…
Wanna Hear This Singer Songwriter On Drugs? I know all musicians are supposed to be tortured souls who need to escape the confines and restrictions of this mortal, flawed world. I know we’re supposed to be seekers always searching but never truly finding. And I know we’re supposed to be experts on the myriad of ways to “expand the mind”. I know…but…I never. Nope, I’ve … The rest of the story…
You Could Be The Help This Singer Songwriter Is Looking For Some of you might not know this. But I’ve been writing a bunch of lullabies lately. And I’ve been writing the words to one of them with help from Facebook fans, Google circles, and now here on my blog. You could be the help on the next line or any number of lines. … The rest of the story…
Down On The Singer Songwriter Ranch As some of you know…I’ve been working on a collection of lullaby songs I call “Bedtime Buckaroos”. I just finished some lyrics a couple of days ago to another one of those songs. It’s called “Pony Dreams”. Sometimes words come to me as a direct result of something I saw. Sometimes words happen because of something I heard…or … The rest of the story…
Hey…stop buggin’ me. No, not you…my brother who keeps pointing his finger at me saying, “I’m not touching you…I’m not touching you”. The hot weather reminded me of road trips with the whole family…way back when. It seemed like there were always whiny sounding complaints among the kids. Maybe you’ve said this or heard your kids say this one… (video no longer available) Stay … The rest of the story…
I think most singer songwriters would agree that their favorite way to “get” a song is all at once. By that I mean, words and music come to you all at the same time. I just had a nice song come to me exactly like that. I’ve named it “Music Pajamas”. As I was driving my Jeep through the Rocky Mountains a few days … The rest of the story…
Do you prefer analog or digital? I Love Digital… And That’s What Makes Me So Analog Do you prefer “back in the day”? When things were analog and straightforward? Not me. 🙂 But the guy in this song does. Check it out… Stay tuned,
The rest of the story...“I’m An Optimist and a Realist”, but… …I prefer optimist. I see how bad things are. Politicians can’t figure out how to work within a budget. Murder is rampant. Countries go to war at the drop of a misplaced word. But just because that’s reality doesn’t mean I have to give in and throw my hands up in the air. I can do something. … The rest of the story…
A Singer Songwriter’s Cold, Hard Truth And Some Free Music I wrote the words, below, and recorded this song a while back. Get my newsletter (over there on the side under the guy holding the sign), and take a guess what year I wrote ’em. First off…you’ll get free music just for subscribing. Secondly…include a guess, and I’ll give you a free song from … The rest of the story…
I had some requests for the words to, Analog Man, a song I recently made freely available. Thanks for that. And here they are…hope you get a kick out of ’em… Stay tuned, P.S. Here’s an idea”if you’d like to get free songs delivered to you without even visiting the blog, just subscribe to my podcast. Click here Your support means the world to me”truly. … The rest of the story…
It’s time to get a real job because… Singer Songwriters Don’t Really Work…Do They? My own personal music business used to be full time traveling. Then, life took a few turns (as is always does), and I stopped the full-time traveling, got a house, created a cool Apple Micro Studio…and… …now my own personal music business is writing and singing my own songs. I … The rest of the story…
Singer Songwriters Are Singin In The Rain of Marketing Tools Almost every day I get another link to another site for marketing my music. Or I get a link to an app for my iPhone. Or I get an email from one site I’m on telling me about another service they offer for music marketing. Awesome! And awful! It’s great to have so many … The rest of the story…
Highlighting Words In My Singer Songwriter World If you’ve visited my blog before, you may have noticed that I’ve written a lot of music for kids. Well, in the past 6 months I’ve been writing some stories for kids, and some have even been included in my podcast. (and I haven’t been podcasting a lot lately…oops) I’ve enjoyed working with a writing coach who’s helped me learn a … The rest of the story…
The Starry-Eyed-Singer-Songwriter And His Dream One day there was this young singer songwriter who fell awake. He noticed a leftover dream in his head. He shook his head… Nope…still there. He thought to himself, “If I get this dream out of my head, I’ll put it somewhere safe and keep it for later.” Then, he jumped up and down. The dream started to come … The rest of the story…
Independence Day 2011, but then again Every Day Is Independence Day My preference, as a singer songwriter, has always been to go the “Indie” route. When I first started out (a couple of centuries ago), independent musicians didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Texas of ever making many waves. Thanks to the internet, social media, and awesome home studio recording gear that’s all changed. … The rest of the story…
Denver Brings The Heat This Summer That’s actual temperature…not heat index or ambient heat from sitting in the sun… And I gotta tell ya…that’s too hot. So, if we could just get Congress to shut up for a day or so, things could cool back into the 90’s. Stay tuned, P.S. Here’s a hint…if you’d like to get free songs delivered to you without … The rest of the story…
Don’t Dis Dis Singer Songwriter For His Dissonance So… …I’m workin’ on some new music, and it occurs to me…I really like dissonance in a chord. There’s just something full and rich about 3 notes very close together in a chord. They fill it up. They give it depth. They take it up a notch. Scratch that…they take it up 2 notches. Yeah, that’s … The rest of the story…
I used to be a full-time on-the-road-singer-songwriter… And I played so many places all around the country. It was a blast. The reason I bring this up is because of some photos I recently came across. Check out the one below… Stay tuned, Tell everybody you know to subscribe to The TRUTH Journal (emails with good stuff for Fa-Ree) Get my Rhyme & Reason Podcast delivered … The rest of the story…
Yes…Even Singer Songwriters Can Have A Train of Thought An observant singer songwriter is always on the lookout for ways to jump start musical ideas. Sometimes lyrics from other singer songwriters spark a new idea. Sometimes it’s almost by accident. Check out the lyrics to my song “Train of Thought”… This song came about because I had some music going on in my head … The rest of the story…
This singer-songwriter isn’t a sensitive 90’s guy. But when it comes time to “mend fences,” flowers are almost perfect. When I was a singer songwriter in Nashville in the middle 90’s, I was almost always the only keyboard player on showcase nights. One of those nights I took an offbeat song with a key signature played mostly on the black keys. A guitar playing songwriter … The rest of the story…
