There’s a time honored tradition of switching a chord from major to minor, which means if you’re playing an F major chord in a song, making the next chord you play an F minor. The worksheet I included today is talking about the difference between major and minor chords. (It’s just one note!) It ended … Continue reading Saturday Songwriting: A Message
I’m tired. There have been enough days in a row of tired (and enough nights of eight or more hours of sleep) that the tired feels both unwarranted and big. I took a nap this afternoon. When I woke, I had to leave the house—I thought to go for a walk—but then I reached … Continue reading Tired
At the tippity-tail end of January this year, I signed up for a thing called “The Creative’s Workshop.” I didn’t know much about it. It was an Akimbo workshop run by Seth Godin, and it had the word creative in the title. That was all I needed to know (I thought). I soon learned the … Continue reading Beginning Again, Again
Every Tunesday I post a boldly imperfect, one-take song draft of a song. This one written way back on February 13th and has the immortal lines: I want the Chocolate Chip of more Forgiveness/ I want the whip cream of less shame. . . https://youtu.be/IeI9T1DpnR4 All these tales are dogging me Smoke in a cheap … Continue reading Tunesday: Sept. 22nd: Chocolate Chip of Forgiveness
Our cat has settled in in his box and is ready to turn in for the night. Every once in a while, it’s good to follow the cat’s lead and rest. Today is a resting blog. You could choose rest too. What is a way you might let yourself off the hook today?
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