3 on Thursday – 3/23/23
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Time Management for Creatives: Books I Recommend and/or My Simple System
2) Story Time with Aaron: My Rock and Roll Gig (at the Senior Center)
3) On Songwriting: 5-4-3-2-1
Life Stories
Reflections on my upbringing, fatherhood, and trying to be a better person.
3 on Thursday – 3/9/23
In this week’s issue I share…
1) “Sheltering Oaks”: How One Song Led to an Album
2) My Wife Heidi’s 3 Tips for Getting into Gardening
3) On Songwriting: Being Scared Is Normal
3 on Thursday – 2/16/23
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Live performance of “Tilt-A-Whirl”
2) AMA: “Do you do your own mixing/mastering?”
3) On Songwriting: How I Write Melodies
3 on Thursday – 2/9/23
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Rosie Thomas: The Making of “Tilt-A-Whirl” Part III
2) The Most Inspring Thing I’ve Seen Lately
3) On Songwriting: It’s Like Naming a Child
3 on Thursday – 1/26/23
In this week’s issue I…
1) share The Making of “Tilt-A-Whirl” (Part I)
2) tell you a very short story about Janice, and
3) reveal a new segment called What Songwriters Talk About at a Bar on Thursday.
3 on Thursday – 1/12/23
In this week’s issue I…
1) answer a question no one’s ever asked me, which is, “Should I get a paper route or a dairy cow?”
2) check in on how my new album Up North is doing on Spotify, and
3) talk to my fellow songwriters about whether they should move to Nashville.
3 on Thursday – 12/22/22
In this week’s issue I…
1) answer a FAQ “How’s your hand? Can you play guitar again?
2) share a story about how I think the Court Report became a section of the newspaper, and
3) talk to my fellow songwriters about avoiding the awkward cowriting start.
RIP, Josh, and Thank You
(Photo by Laura Johnson from 1999 Roseau High School Yearbook.) 1 I am 11 or 12. Josh Broten is a year younger. His family moves down the street from me. It’s a small town, so we of course already know of each other. But this is when we become friends. 2 Josh mows Dr. VandeWege’s …
The Single Best Decision I Made This Year
My wife Heidi and I realized we weren’t talking that much. We were becoming parents wrapped up in logistics, forgetting how to hang out with each other. So this is what we did about a year ago. We agreed to meet up for 20 minutes, twice a day. Once in the morning with coffee, once …
Edelweiss and ‘The Sound of Music’
We all have our Christmas traditions and for some reason one my family’s is to watch The Sound of Music. As you can see in the photos below, my son August really gets into it. The movie is why I recorded this version of Edelweiss on my 2017 Christmas album This Time of the Year. <a href=”https://aaronespe.bandcamp.com/album/this-time-of-the-year”>This …