Prompts are fun. I try not to take them too seriously. After a first impression, my thoughts veer into the different ways I might interpret a prompt. Could be a word be both a verb or a noun, like snake?Having been raised (as a songwriter) on Pat Pattison's object writing, I tend to seek the physical … Continue reading July 11th Saturday’s Alright for Songwriting
This is a one take from mid-March of 2020. There's not a lot more to say really. https://youtu.be/4OjvTKLc0Mg https://youtu.be/4OjvTKLc0Mg Haul your lunch from day to day Honest work for honest pay No idea the net has slipped No idea the boat has shipped Working for the steam to run Hard work, hard days but hardly … Continue reading The Smoke from your Security
Here's the song I wrote from yesterday's prompt. This video is, I think, the first time I played the whole thing through. I'd wanted to record another one take, but it's getting late and I'm tired. https://youtu.be/GA_ggtEjFq8 Down in the Cellar Is where he used to goTo fill up his well and Hide from his woes Down … Continue reading Down in the Cellar
I'm not much sure what this will look like . . . I love starting anything new with those words. Each Saturday I'll posting a little musical idea or principle here. I've been running a little group called "The Fearless Songwriter," on Facebook for a long while. This is a little bonus for them. If … Continue reading Saturday’s are for Songwriters
Recentlly I heard Mark Brackett on Brené Brown’s podcast. He touched an an interesting idea. He said a study was done that showed people are kinder in how they speak to themselves when they speak in the third person. As someone who aspires to beat myself less that’s exciting to me. But speaking in … Continue reading Self-Love, in the Third Person
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