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Today was a snowy Ohio day, so I had a little time to record a song that I recently wrote. The song is called “On in Waves.” I hate to tell people what a song is about, because ultimately you should make any song about what you want it to be about. Still I’ll offer …read more
For creative fun, I’ve been playing around with writing some songs, recording them on the ipad, and now testing out uploading them to soundcloud. This song is called Stay Strong. STAY STRONG Come on and walk with me Down past the willow tree They say it weeps But I can’t tell you why We’ll share …read more
I’m trying to spend more of my free time creating. As part of this effort, I am working on writing and recording one song every month. This pace gives me a little breathing room to balance life, while still forcing me to sit down and construct a melody, write lyrics, and complete a recording every …read more
2009 was an amazing year for me. I decided I would end the year with a blog post version of my highlight reel for the year. Life has its share of ups and downs, but I feel like I get a lot more good than bad every day. For that I am grateful. It …read more
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Sharpen the saw is the last of Covey’s 7 habits. (There actually is an 8th Habit, but that is another book, and perhaps another post.) Sharpen the Saw is the habit of personal renewal. The metaphor of “sharpening the saw” is simple - It is counterproductive to spend all of …read more
Last night Derek Wade and I took the stage at Canal Street Taven in Dayton, Ohio for the second time in as many months. We performed a half hour set of original music, that included a few new songs, a few old songs, and even a few songs with Derek playing Banjo. While were were …read more
On May 12th, 2009 longtime friend and musical collaborator Derek Wade and I took the stage for the first time in about 7 years. We were asked by my friend Tim aka – Windsor Knotts, to play at Canal Street Tavern on the Tuesday night open stage. Open stage may not sound like the big …read more
Great news for music fans out there who are sometimes lyrically challenged – a recent post by my brother in law Geoff about a “Cobra” illustrates the importance of this idea for you more completely. Pandora has begun to add lyrics within the information for each of the songs it plays. I can’t tell you …read more
I saw on CNN.com yesterday that Muzak, you know the good people who sterilized music so that it was suitable for elevators, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. What surprised me more than the company filing bankruptcy, was the fact that the company was still around. I just assumed that satellite radio, digital radio, internet radio, …read more
20 years ago this month, one of the finest albums ever made was released to the world – Paul’s Boutique by The Beastie Boys. At the time, it was not widely appreciated. The album was the B Boys follow up to the wildly popular album Licensed to Ill. It was a radical departure from its …read more
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