How many blogs, articles, and book have been written about how to write a song?  Probably too many to count. I wrote a new song that I completed this week. I have been working on it for about two weeks…

    I love it when I watch something on TV that interests me. Songwriting is one of my hobbies. Another hobby of mine is bike riding. I love to ride my bike. It is fun. I have been on many…

    I took a couple vacation days this week. I thought it would be an ideal time to write a song. I got up early and went down to my music room. I played my guitar and got on the computer…

      I am a self published songwriter. I own 100% of the songs that I write by myself. The name of my publishing company is McCarter Music Publishing.(I  think that is the name I chose.) It might be McCarter Publishing…

        Merry Christmas. Happy April Fool's Day. I know it isn't Christmas but it is for me. As a songwriter, it always feels like Christmas when I get a song back that I have professionally recorded. The name of my song…

      Today is my Mom's birthday. Shame on me. I wouldn't of realized it if it weren't for Facebook and my son, Jordan reminding me. Part of my problem, without going to deep into a therapy session is I never look…

      I am on vacation this week. I had big plans. Here is some of the things that I had planned and that I had paid for. I was going to drive to Nashville on Sunday. I was going to leave…

3      Who was the first baseball player to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine? Let me give you some hints. He was a pitcher who played for the Detriot Tigers. His first season in the leage his won-loss…

     Life can be very vanilla sometimes. We go to work at the same job, sometimes we work the same hours, talk to the same people, even drive the same route to and from work everyday. This is great if you…

     I am a member at Topeka Baptist church. We are having a music program night on Sunday night, March 15th  from 6 to 7pm. I signed up last week to play a song for the program. The name of the…

     Beets don't taste like chocolate cake. That is the reason that I don't eat beets. I probably should eat beats. My Mom and Dad were beet lovers. They must be good for you. My Dad lived to be ninety-five and…

     Success of any type does not happen overnight. I have heard that to be successful in Nashville, as a songwriter, it will take about seven years. Oh sure, there are a few lucky ones that come to Nashville and hit…