Videocast: Throw Away The Box #3 It took me until Friday afternoon to publish my Thursday morning update. Don’t ask… well… I cover songwriting tips, including: My thoughts on critique groups How I find the right lyric Avoiding easy or obvious rhymes Writing the last line first and more.. Finally, I dissect my song, “Do It […]
This makes me chuckle to think about. I love coffee! I love naps! I like making people laugh. In fact, I like falling asleep to the ambient noise of people talking. This story involves all of it. Yesterday, I was meeting a friend for a comedy show in Hollywood. Her business is in North Hollywood-ish […]
I am pretty confident but I still struggle with insecurity and am working to overcome fear. I discuss a question that can cause fear and kill creativity.
I coach people and I do it well. I guess I am known as a bit of a hard-ass. I don’t coddle my clients and I do NOT tolerate inactivity or poor effort! And apparently, I have a pretty strong leadership quotient. That’s a fancy way of saying that I often am asked to – […]
I was going through some old photos and found this picture that my older daughter took one day while we were on walk near my house. I love the sentiment. I’m not a big fan of graffiti, although, it is on a dumpster and is NOT gang related, so… I’m okay with it. Plus it […]
I was inspired to start a garden after visiting my daughter in Phoenix and I talk about it here. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3cDvxCmfd8] I mention Ron Finley’s TED Talk about turning food deserts into food gardens. Worth watching for sure. And my daughter writes about Hope House Farms and why she needs the farm more than it needs her. […]
Friday recap will be some of my observations, websites, articles, and anything else I saw during the week. On Being Myself I had a conversation yesterday with my friend, Val King. She is editor/owner/founder of Rock Revolt Magazine. It is pretty cool – I began speaking with her a few years back.. about songwriting, my […]
There is a danger in reading book reviews…. well.. specifically, my own book’s review. In this video I talk about a bad review, a good review, my content schedule, and some t-shirts for my song, This Star-Spangled Life of Mine. Per the video.. my content schedule is (for now): Monday: Video update (what’s coming up […]
rag·a·muf·fin Noun A person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. “Ain’t it a blessing to do what you wanna do” – Shawn Mullins, Twin Rocks Oregon _____________ “Someday You’ll wake up and you’ll be asking yourself why you sat there at your desk, sucking on a corporate breast, you turned out like the rest.” […]
How do you see criticism? I have a book out – second one actually – from a major publisher. This makes me an authority – on writing, putting content in front of people, and certainly on the impact of criticism on your psyche. Well, it allows me to claim some authority.. you can decide whether […]