Newsletter – Songwriting, I love it, I hate it
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Performing Songwriter – Of CD Titles and Bands
My most recent newsletter covers my one upcoming performance and briefly mentions my current work in putting a band together. Either click the image to the right or read it here. Updates have been a bit sparse of late – mostly due to the schedule of recording, consulting work, and other writing projects. I did recently provide an update to the Facebook Group –

House Concert How To
Every time I speak to a group of songwriters I am asked about House Concerts. Most recently I spoke about Songwriters, Social Media, and An Effective Online Presence. (get the workshop PDF or Powerpoint file) The question are very much the same as non-songwriters…

I’m forming a band – San Fernando Valley
Over the past few years I’ve had the pleasure of playing my songs with 1 or 2 accompanists and with bands. It has been both enjoyable and frustrating. The frustration is that I am typically giving a house band a hand-written chord chart or simply a key. You learn a lot about house bands at that point – sometimes we sounded great – like we had rehearsed. Other times.. well.. not so much so. I am now formalizing a band project for some recording and future gigging. Details can be found here. If you kn

Song Title vs Song Title – The Battle is On
It started as “Where I Belong” – a song about climbing out of the often sticky morass that is life. Debi Brady suggested “everyday lies” – another song from the new CD project. And so, when there is a disagreement, you take it public. Help me name the new CD project. You can hear demo’s of the respective songs – Where I Belong & Everyday Lies – right here. Plus