Category: Songs
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A Conversation in Song Lyrics
As a creative challenge, I’m putting together a short movie scene written entirely in song lyrics. INT. KITCHEN – MORNING JILL (26), still in her PJ’s, pours herself a glass of orange juice. CHELSEA (27) enters through the front door to their apartment, wearing a rumpled fancy dress. Instead of going to her room, Chelsea…
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Poem to Song
One of my favorite authors included the lyrics to a song in one of his books. I immediately fell in love with the poem and decided to set it to music. Here’s the result. And no, I’m not going to mention the name of the author or the book. And I’m not going to include…
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Could We Start Again Please?
It’s been a while since I’ve recorded a song. This is mostly because I’ve chosen songs that are too difficult to learn quickly. I can record those after I get more practice time in. In the meantime, I remembered this song, from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. It’s one of my favorites. Enjoy!
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Counting Crows
My sister got me interested in Counting Crows. While I don’t know much about the band, I still love their debut album, August and Everything After, which includes the following songs. One day last week, I found myself thinking about them, so I listened to each of these songs again. I also listened to a…
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Me and Bobby McGee
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a song. I recorded this one about a year ago. My Uncle Bob spent the night at our home when I was a kid. I played a Kris Kristofferson album on the record player in my room, and he talked to me about the meaning of those songs.…
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First Draft of a New Song
OK. Here’s a new song that I’ve composed. This is not exactly what I want it to be. Still, I want to share what I’ve discovered. I don’t know if I’ll update this into something real. Nevertheless, I want to share it now.
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What Was I Made For?
Because this lovely song just won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, I figure that now is as good a time as any for me to share my attempt to perform it here. Congrats to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for making it happen!
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The Sad Cafe
I’ve liked The Eagles for a long time. I listened to Their Greatest Hits over and over as a kid. It wasn’t until a bit later that I got The Long Run album. This is when I first listened to The Sad Cafe, a beautiful song that never became one of my favorites. Until now.…
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Trying to Reason…
Jimmy Buffett is one of my favorite songwriters. Here’s one of my attempts to sing his wonderful song “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season”. Enjoy!