On May 31, I was extremely pleased to play a return gig at the popular Alexandria watering hole, St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub. With me were Jim Gormley on percussion and Matthew Leonard on bass. We had a great time playing our mix of pop, country, R&B, and blues – featuring cool original tunes as well as fun covers. The set included songs recorded by Keith Urban, Tina Turner, The Eagles, LaBelle, Garth Brooks, and Demi Lovato.
SAW is the Songwriters’ Association of Washington. Helmed by President Jean Bayou, SAW is an active representative for it’s many songwriter members in the greater DC area – especially helping them learn, grow and showcase the great songs they’ve written. Yesterday, SAW’s Annual Meeting, Community Day and Open Mic, was no exception. The day was filled with opportunities,…
I am currently narrating an interesting non-fiction book titled, “Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism” by Maurice Jackson. Who would have thought that a French emigre’ would have had such a profound effect on the abolitionist movement in the 18th century? I have to admit that I had never heard…
I realize that I said I’d report less often about my Copyright Registrations as I get more of them under my belt. And I am, but …. Since this was a single song registration, I thought this one might be interesting to some of my fellow songwriters. To register this one song, I followed the same online…
There is SO much to do when pulling together an album like “In The City Lights.” Of course, without good music all the rest is just so much busywork. But even with good music, it’s a lot of busywork. lol Today I got to do a photo shoot with the goal of finding a picture…
Sorry, this post has nothing to do with soup. It’s a brief rant about how long it takes to finish a CD, and how sometimes people you work with in the process aren’t the best judges of the prospective timeline. Why do I say this? Because when I started this project, I had an initial thought…
A couple of weeks ago I was at Iota again for their Wednesday night open mic. While I was on stage I noticed an orange-yellow light flicking on and off. Turns out it was a young lady taking pictures for her friends there that evening. And she’d decided to take a few shots of other…