Today is a songwriting morning but I'm not writing songs. Sometimes songwriting is not about playing guitar and trying to come up with fresh new and exciting lyrics. I won't need to record any songs or try to…

     Today is Christmas. Not Christmas, Christmas. It is songwriter Christmas. One of my favorite things to do is to send in a song that I have written and get the demo back. It is like a Christmas present…

     This is a title to a song that I wrote. It started out as a writing assignment at our monthly NSAI (Nashville Songwriting Association International) meeting. The assignment was to write a song about rodeo. 

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     Last week I finished reading a book about George Lucas. He is best known for being the creator of Star Wars. Do you know what his first hit movie was? American Graffiti. American Graffiti was a movie that…

     What is the greatest invention of all time? I remember asking my Dad that question. My Dad was born in 1915. He saw so many changes in the world in his ninety-five years on earth. He was raised…

     I spent this week in Nashville, Tennessee. I went to an NSAI (Nashville Songwriting Association International) event. The event is called Tin Pan South. On Monday and Tuesday I attended a workshop at the Maxwell House Millennium Hotel…

    Twice a year we have an event called Night of Worship at Topeka Baptist. I was excited to get to play. I wrote a song called Make it Rain. I shared a few words about why I had…

     There is something about turning forty. You have proven yourself to be a survivor. You have survived your teenage years and all the learning experiences that you had to learn on your own. Yes, it would have been…

      Yesterday I was watching Audience music. It is one of my Direct TV channels. The group that was featured was the band Hanson. In the early nineties they were called the Hanson Brothers. I didn't realize how…

     There are upsides and downsides to being a songwriter. The upside is when you can write a song that people can connect with. I have had people come up to me after playing a song and tell me…

    It has been two months since I wrote the last chapter of this book. Why did I take two months and not write a single chapter? That is a great question. Great questions need great answers. Oops! I…

     I read about one book a week. Also, I try to read the Bible everyday. I like to read biographies, auto biographies, John Grisham, and books about songwriting. I like to read about songwriters and how they write…