As a professional songwriter for the past thirty years, I know exactly why I write songs. I can’t help it. It’s my way of making sense of the...
If I’ve noticed anything my thirty-plus years of writing songs, it’s that there is nothing quite as powerful as a song to connect and mobilize...
I began writing songs in the late 80s and my process then was anything but brief. First of all, I had little to no idea of how my own creative...
This is a short story about two kinds of people and I’m telling it to make an equally short (and sweet) point. The first person in our story gets...
First of all, a note of sincere thanks for receiving – and reading...
When faced with the thought of doing something outside of our comfort...
This “Five Questions” blog post, features the founder of Natural Born...
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In my last post, I walked you through the verse writing process which is...
One of the things I’ve noticed in my corporate songwriting workshops for...
Good Songs… A number of years ago a hit-songwriter friend of mine in...
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After writing over a thousand songs, I’d be lying if I told you I could...
“A good haiku rescues a moment in time” -Billy Collins These days,...
This “Five Questions” blog post, features the CEO of the Nashville...
By definition a metaphor is simply “a thing that is representative or...