I recorded a new single song in December 2017 - "Chevy Town" inspired by growing up in Bay City. This song started out as a rambling five minute song with a hundred chord changes and five stories. Whit Hill helped me through three rewrites of the chorus and the opening and closing verses. Severin Browne helped me trim it down to three minutes. Producer … [Read more...]
Lambs Retreat 2017
I attended my first Lambs Retreat for Songwriters in November 2013 and I have returned every November since. This event is hosted by my long-time friend John D Lamb and held at Birchwood Inn in Harbor Springs on the first two weekends of November. This year I attended both weekends for the first time. In the company of about 40 musician/songwriter/student attendees and … [Read more...]
Recording Session 2016
I spent a couple days at Mackinaw Harvest Recording Studios in GR this week. This was my third recording session at MH and it is always a fabulous experience. With Michael Crittenden producing, we recorded five new (some new, some recent) songs. To start out Michael helped me narrow down a list of 20 songs to a manageable few. We tracked three piano songs and two … [Read more...]
Wheatland 2015
Wheatland 2015 was one of the best for me. I performed on Centennial Stage along with other very talented songwriters Whit Hill, Jo Serrapere and Michael Waite. The audience really got into the song-swapping we offered up. I also performed with Mark Schrock and Drew Howard accompanying me at the new Song Tent. Connecting with so many other musicians is real bonus along … [Read more...]
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