Do you ever read a book and apply it to your life or your hobby. I went to see my son, Jeremy and his family on my vacation. He had a book that he suggested that I read. It is…

    I have been waiting for my Pitch to Publisher results for my song, Long live the King. I had a problem when I submitted this song. I had to pick a category. This was hard. The problem is that it…

     Today I pitched one of my songs to Centricity Music Publishing. Centricity is a  Christian music publishing company. I have written some Christian music but have not spent money getting them demoed. I do have one song that I like…

 Song titles. Every song has a title. Duh! Can I be more obvious? lol. It is true that every song has a title but not all titles are good titles. It is easier to talk about  bad titles than good…

    We all have our struggles. We have struggles at work, home and basically, anything we do or touch. I remember one struggle I had on learning to play the guitar. Barre chords. A barre chord is where you take your…

     This is my song that I just had demoed and got back this week. Usually, I send it off to get songs evaluated before I post them but decided to let my friends and family hear it first. The names…

   I am not very responsible. I lost my phone. No, I'm not a teenager but I do know where I left it. I took my grand daughter, Ella to Lake Shawnee to play at the park. I was taking a…

      After hearing the second version of Sing, I decided to pitch it to Ammar Music Group. They are the same company that I had signed a contract with on my song, "Something you can See".  So i sent them a…

       Can a publisher know your song is a hit by listening to your rough demo?  The answer is Yes and No. It depends on your publisher and your singing and guitar playing ability. My singing is not good enough to…

     During this series of How not to write a song, I have tried to show you the nuts and bolts of songwriting. I also wanted to share the demo making process. Here are some things that you will need to…

     This is the title of the song that I got a publishing single song contract on. It is a song about my Mom and Dad and their love for each other. I heard my Dad say time how you ought…

     I am an Nashville Songwriting Association International (NSAI) member and chapter coordinator. I sent my song to them to have it evaluated. The evaluation came back. I got the impression that they liked the song but didn't love it. They…