What I’ve learned and am learning as a career artist and songwriter in Nashville.
“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) That time (last Thursday) when my Instagram post about our family’s number one rule went viral.
2)Austin Kleon on parenting as an artist.
3) What are the steps from honing your craft to having a career?
3 on Thursday – 8/10/23 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) 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 – 2/16/23 Read More »
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 – 2/9/23 Read More »
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 – 1/26/23 Read More »
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 – 1/12/23 Read More »
If you like to watch people play and sing, this is a video of me doing that. Do I play and sing perfectly? No. Do I perform the song just like the studio version? Not really, but you might like it.
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