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Monthly Archives: September 2010
To Love What You Do
To love what you do and feel that it matters–how could anything be more fun?
–Katherine Graham
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Tagged Career, Caring, Helping, Love, Making a difference, Mattering, Professions, Success, Work
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Good Friend…
“Good friend, around these hearth-stones speak no evil of any creature.” Continue reading
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Song Lyric for Demo of “What Kind of Man Does That?”
Song Lyric for Demo of “What Kind of Man Does That?” Continue reading
Lyrics for the Demo Made for “Rebelry!”
“Rebelry!” My best friend called, the doctor gave him a year I met him down at the fishin’ pier. I got all choked up, said how you been? He slapped me on the back with a big old grin. He … Continue reading
Reflections After a Great Songwriters Conference
if you had told me four months ago that I’d get to listen to Steve Seskin (a great songwriter who has seven hit songs that made #1) sing and play two of his newest songs in concert, and then sit down with him one-on-one the following morning to share and discuss songs that Denis Loiseau and I co-created, and that instead of feeling panicked or intimidated I’d feel excited and confident, I’d have asked you what you were smoking. But that is exactly what happened this weekend.
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Quick Songwriters Conference Results Highlights
Two of the three demos I presented this weekend were selected by industry execs during the screening process. All were co-written by Denis Loiseau, and two were co-written by me. Two of his and one of mine were selected during the screening process, and another exec took without hearing both of the ones that Denis and I created together.
A Great Day on Day One of the Songwriters Conference
Today was magic. Ted Hewitt selected “What Kind Of Man Does That?” the first full initial lyric that I ever completed (that the great Denis Loiseau and I then collaborated on and turned into the much better song that it eventually became). Ted produced Rodney Atkins’ multi-platinum breakthrough album “If You’re going’ Through Hell” which yielded four consecutive #1 singles, Continue reading
L.A. Music Publisher Took Our Demos at Music Conference Mixer
One of the contacts I’ve made so far was a Creative Coordinator with a small music publishing company in LA that pitches music for movies and television. He is one of the industry professionals to whom presentations are being made all weekend. His online bio says he’s one of only 3 people in this small publishing company who decide which clients they take on and let go. Continue reading
Two New Song Demos
Attached are the demos of two songs that a great collaborator and friend Denis Loiseau and I co-wrote.
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