A Hand to Guide Me is the title to a Denzel Washington book. I picked it up at the library today. So far, it has been a great read. Denzel talks about three people that made a difference in his…

   I wanted to write about getting today right, or living in the present. I know that I struggle with this and I bet I am not the only one. I can think of examples where, instead of being present I…

     Come on. That is the name of my new song that is out. It is a song that I wrote with my friend Fletcher. Fletcher is a great songwriter, producer, guitar player and singer. He is a great guy and…

    I am glad that I didn't make a New Year's resolution this year to do a better job on writing on my blog. Today is February 23 and it is my first blog. It is a good thing that I…

    Neglected and forgotten. I have had many things in my life that I have neglected to do. Yeah, I still have leaves in my yard from the fall and it is now winter. Yeah, I did some but they keep…

    You are special, more special than you think. That sounds like a generic bumper sticker or a passing line that a pastor would say in a sermon. Yesterday I heard those words and it touched me. Let me tell you…

     This is a new term that I had not heard before. I heard it on The Climb. The Climb is a songwriting/artist podcast. The hosts are Johnny Dwinell and Brent Baxter.  It is one of my favorite songwriting podcasts. They…

     This is writing songs from the heart. (not to be confused with writing commercial songs)  Are these two different animals? I asked Alexa to play me top songs off of Billboard hit chart. the first one was something You Proof…

     I went to a songwriting workshop on my vacation. Eighty bucks for a six hour session. A little pricey but I was hoping I would get my money's worth. The teacher had interesting stories about how he had written a…

        I remember when I first started writing songs. It was a fast process. Well, maybe not fast but faster than I write a song now. I would come up with an idea, get a title, make up a melody for…

     I am looking for a male country demo singer. I had a friend who did a great job on my demo's. He played guitar, great country singer style and recorded it for me. He was real reasonable on price. I…

     I wrote a song about the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahommes and how we all want to be winners like them. It is called Me.

ME 

Watching TV, wearing jersey fifteen 

cheering for Mahommes, and the…