Earthquake “Quake“: Yes, this song was inspired by a real earthquake. I’ve written previously about that experience and how it riveted my attention on the present moment, so I won’t go over that again. You can read more about that in these posts: Songs and Negative Inspiration Some will say that this song has “negative […]
Dreams are only thoughts you didn’t have time to think about during the day. ~ author unknown Songs of Dreams My fourth song release starts by singing “we all have our own dreams”. And it’s true. (Please check out releases one, two, and three as well.) Dreams say what they mean, but they don’t say
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Slow By this morning, I was supposed to be releasing my new song track. It is still in pre-release. As an entrepreneurial businessman, that’s “slow” and not okay. As a creative spirit inside skin: it’s perfectly fine. This probably sounds like doublespeak to many of you… Click To Tweet Does that sound like a cop-out
Stories: Squid Some stories are easier to tell than others. It seems that many of my songs have vulnerable tales surrounding them. The story of the song “Squid” is one of those. How do you tell your deeper truths? Click To Tweet Singer-songwriter Stories: Squid Whatever else I am, I’m tenacious. One result is that
My second singer-songwriter release is “Confession:Reflection”. Over the years, this has been one of my most popular original songs when I perform it at live gigs. Unlike “Yet” (the first release), it has been heard by many people already. (In fact, there’s a live version in the EP from a few years ago.) It’s been
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I’ve finally released my first song. It’s about discovering — when I graduated from high school — more about who I was (and am). How well did you know yourself when you were in school? Can you see the beginnings of who you are today in your youth? Were you in touch with the real you
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Streaming or not With all the furor over Taylor Swift pulling albums from Spotify, my music blogging friends are writing posts partially propelled by that news item: Steve Lawson on why the major labels love Spotify, Christine Infanger on how artists are fighting the wrong battle, and Solveig Whittle on having dialogue on this whole mess.
Sometime in the Summer of 1991, John Bennison encouraged me to create a set of recordings of piano improvisations. We talked about the how since we knew the where would be the sanctuary of the church we both served. A church member loaned us a beautiful acoustic piano. I had the condenser microphones, but we had to
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NoiseTrade vs. BandCamp Another blogger that I really respect — Joy Ike of grassrootsy — recently posted about a number of services for independent or DIY musicians to share their albums or tracks with fans. As usual, I agree with a lot of what she says. She said that she “leans towards” NoiseTrade (NT) over
This is the last in my series on #DTNT (Do This, Not That) on #SM (social media/networking) … at least for now. The first in the series is “mean or nice” and you can click-through the rest of the series from there. I hope you’ll add to the conversation by posting your comments, questions, and
