About Ordinary Man Written in response to my disenfranchisement with myths I was taught as a child – about the country, about our history, and systems that seem intractable. Further inspired by the current climate in the country. The lyrics […]
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New Music – Take Your Cares Away
I was coerced into writing this song I’m not complaining but it is the truth. A couple weeks ago, during an evening storm, my girlfriend and I were in my room talking and playing guitar. We had opened the window […]
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Virtual Songsalive! Workshop: The Proactive Songwriter
As I write this, I have a browser tab open and am chatting with a new friend in Norway. Haakon Rian “mAncient” Ueland is a healer, monk, and musician. We met last night as part of Songsalive! Inaugural Virtual Song […]
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Creating Reaper Project Templates: Video Tutorial
In this video I cover: How to create and use project templates in Reaper Folder basics My track naming convention The SWS Extensions for auto-coloring and adding icons to your tracks SWS Extensions can be downloaded here: https://www.sws-extension.org Project templates […]
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How to setup a MIDI drum click track in Reaper
I’ve been giving workshops on Reaper (my DAW of choice) and providing some one-on-one training, over the past year or so. In this video, I show how to setup a MIDI drum click track using the GTG Synths MIDI Drum […]
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“How do you do that?” Some Songwriting Tips
Where do songs come from? “How do you do that?” I’ve been on a bit of a songwriting tear the past few months. No exact count but I’ve had a few days where I’ve written a song, start-to-finish, and lyrics […]
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Writer Write… or do they?
“Everything that you were meant for Everything that you were born to do Does not need you to do it Someone else was born to do it too” – Joe Pug, How Good You Are “The noun is […]
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New Song: Most of What I’ve Got
A simple country-ish tune I wrote a couple months ago. I posted this video on YouTube. Given my schedule, we should get to a more formal recording on June 5, 2032 (hint: it’s 1/7/2020 as I write this). 😉 […]
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Recording with Reaper and teaching others the same
My article on recording with Reaper for songwriters was published at PerformerMag recently. Here’s the link. And the online magazine cover. Being featured is cool! 😉 A couple tips for getting started: Start already. Seriously. When my oldest was learning […]
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