Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Throw Away The Box Podcast. I cover the origin story and outline what I will be covering in the podcast. Listen, download, subscribe Some backstory Back in 2006, after the release of my […]
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Everyday Lies at the Neutra in Silverlake
A few weeks ago, I had a chance to perform at the Neutra Museum and Art Opening in Silverlake, CA. A photographer, Dietmar Kohl (and his Facebook), was on hand and took a couple photos and a video. You can find […]
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Do It Yourself Recording: Using Reaper for Songwriters
Recording with Reaper for Songwriters I’m back at Songsalive! Orange County for another workshop. Rather than technology tools or social media and promotional strategies, I’m going to cover how to record yourself using Reaper – the popular DAW from Cockos. […]
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Song: Horses and the Honky Tonk
How a cowgirl and broken-hearted crush wrote a song She’s thinkin’, as he’s leavin’ “Ain’t it somethin’ this relief I’m feeling” There ain’t no broken heart in sight So she saddles up for a midnight ride Hoof-beats match her heart […]
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Why I write songs and about being an artist
I was listening to Joe Pug’s Podcast, The Working Songwriter Podcast. I’ve gone back to listen to quite a few of them. I discovered a few things: Josh Ritter stammers a lot – or did in that interview. His songwriting […]
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New Song – Marie with lyrics
Heading things off at the pass, as this question has already come up… No, there is no Marie. But the named worked well with the song. Actually, there is a Marie at my client and she seems to like the […]
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Say Yes To Me – a song
“Writer’s believe they have something to say but are surprised as hell when anyone reads them.” I can’t recall where I read the quote above. And to be honest, that’s probably a butchered paraphrase. But the idea is solid. It’s […]
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Booking House Concerts
I’m booking house concerts for 2017I used to do a series of house concerts a couple times a year. They took me from Los Angeles to Chicago and back. Now I have friends and fans that can take me from […]
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Facebook Live Streaming – S is for Song
Live streaming a few songs As part of my annoyance with holding back on live video and a number of other goals, I am doing more live streams on Facebook. To date, they’ve been me in the hills with my […]
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