Today I want to talk at you a little bit about ego. It’s something I know a little about. No one really gets to be my age without a few reality checks. I’ve lived proud. I’ve lived humble. The perfect place for most people, and me is somewhere in the middle, tilting towards humble. In
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I’m thankful that I’ve spent the bulk of my musical career in film and television. One of the interesting aspects of visual media is that success is based on ratings. Ratings are not usually related to much more than what holds people’s attention. Its open season every day in TV land and the show, that
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I’ve noticed a new trend lately in American fast food restaurants. Value Meals are creeping up everywhere! Maybe it’s the recession. Maybe it’s just time. I guess we got tired of super-sizing and now we’ve moved on to anything under a buck. God help us. Lately my life has been so “in the office” that
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It was my great privilege to attend the 25th annual Frank Brown International Songwriting Festival this weekend held at various venues along the Alabama/Florida gulf coast. Frank Brown was a night watchman at the popular “Flora-Bama” club, and his love for songwriters gave him the urge to get his favorite writers together to perform every
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Are you a suit or a poet? I’d like to think of myself as a poet when I can be, but a suit when I have to be. Deep down, I want to be a poet, or one of those starving artists so dedicated to the craft of creating material with artistic integrity that I
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Years ago, I took my first day-job, selling TVs and stereos. The town was Berkeley, CA and it was a crazy 8-hour day. I remember talking to PhDs there, with a fine assortment of pens in their pockets, drooling over televisions with that I want this so bad look. Of course, all the while they
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Lesson 6 From The 23 Critical Songwriters Mistakes E-Book This lesson expresses one of the important factors of choosing the right song. It’s not just about having a song as good as a number one hit, it’s about having a song that’s better than the number one hit. Watch the video for this critical songwriting lesson. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=890ZaA8TAec
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I attended college as a returning student at the age of 27. My world had little in common with the 18-20 year old kids that were there to see how much beer they could drink. I really enjoyed learning at that stage of my life. And while I have forgotten much of what I was
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I am a professional singer/songwriter in Nashville TN. Like most music industry veterans, the first years of my career were spent on stage, learning to entertain a crowd. And while the music business has taken me an a very long journey, as of 2009, it’s all come full circle and right back to the stage.
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