How I deal with a lifelong journey of anxiety and depression.
“Do you ever worry about burnout?” Theo S. Hi, Theo. That’s a great question. Burnout is something I think about a lot because I’ve had to deal with it over the course of my career, especially during my early days here in Nashville. In 2012, when I signed my first publishing deal, my calendar began […]
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In this week’s issue I share…
1) My One-Week Social Media/Email Challenge
2)For the Audio Nerds: “The Amway Years” DAW Session
3) On Songwriting: Disappointment Is Your Friend
3 on Thursday – 4/27/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Beginning Guitar: A Hack for Building Calluses
2) Patron Perks: Livestream Replay
3) On Songwriting: What to Put In and Leave Out of Your Song
3 on Thursday – 4/20/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) A Trick for Singing in Tune (with stage fright)
2) Forgiveness_MIX6: New Secret Song for Patrons Performance
3) On Songwriting: Let People Put You in a Box
3 on Thursday – 4/13/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Mental Health: A Helpful Tool My Therapist Taught Me
2)”Liver and Onions”: Live Performance
3) Home Recording: 7 Gear Recommendations
3 on Thursday – 4/6/23 Read More »
In this week’s issue I share…
1) Motivation for Creatives: The Calendar Hack
2) Liver and Onions: From Children’s Song to Adult Ballad
3) On Songwriting: AMA: “Can you talk about using mundane, boring life as a source of inspiration?”
3 on Thursday – 3/30/23 Read More »
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
3 on Thursday – 3/23/23 Read More »
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 – 3/9/23 Read More »
My son was diagnosed with ADHD and I didn’t know anything about it except for the general stereotypes. As you might imagine, I was fearful and worried. But I knew a lot of that fear came from misconceptions. This book helped so much. If you or someone you know has ADHD, I cannot recommend this
Last year I started memorizing poetry. Why? Obviously because I want to impress people. Ok, well, no––mainly because I want to keep my brain healthy. I heard a neuroscientist say the best way to do that is to keep learning new things. Why not learn and memorize some of the greatest formed sentences? This one
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