Anyone?

Everyone is a unique individual; so much so that two people watching the same event have differing points of view. There's a variable in bands. Replace one member and the dynamic changes either for the better or worse. My apologies to those bands I made worse.

So don't compare your writing to anyone else. Instead, find your variable and play toward it in your writing. Maybe you like writing serious songs with a funny twist at the end OR you can't stop yourself from writing cerebral love songs O… Continue

Dear members,
In the 40+ years that I have been in music, man and boy, I have extensive experience in the field of failure. Being turned down for shows that I felt might make a huge difference, to flail endlessly and ram my head against the stone wall that is the organized music business. This struggle is now showing some signs of abating, the wall is softening, my swimming lessons have started to pay off. In other words, my career is starting to move and move quickly.
Gator and Mudcats music wa… Continue

As songwriters, I bet we all have a copy of Tunesmith by the great Jimmy Webb. I would also wager we have at least one book written by Pat Pattison. But how many of you have a copy of Bird by Bird by Anne Lamont?

If I was forced to burn all my music related books but one, I would save Bird by Bird. It's not even about songwriting per se. It's about book writing. However, there is so much information applicable to our art and it is written in such a compelling way that it is the one book I can a… Continue

For those of you who like harps (harmonicas that is), I just got my new harp tune worked up that I've always associated with this Celtic new year [Samhain time for you Celtic folk out there]. Dunmore Lasses is a lively tune, and yet has a mystical feel about it that I've always loved. Hope you do too. Visit my KelticDead Music site at www.kelticdead.com.