Behind the Scenes: Nashville

When I first got home from Nashville, I was overwhelmed by my to-do list: copyrights, CCLI, ASCAP, DistroKid, Spotify, YouTube, and on and on it goes. Enter Jennie. I hired her to be my publicist to walk me through all these confusing steps. She has worked with Randy Travis in the past and now she […]

I got the master of my song today. It was an eerie feeling listening to it for the first time. I say “my song” but I’m simply the songwriter. Dallas Jack, the producer, worked his magic with guitar, bass, backup vocals, and computer. Ali Nicole Munoz added her sweet voice and afterward, we got the […]

Yesterday, we toured the Ryman. I knew nothing beforehand about this incredible building built in 1892. I only knew it had been mentioned a couple times in the show “Nashville.” It was an eerie and yet comforting feeling to walk onto that stage and imagine all the musicians who have stood in that same spot, […]

Two years ago, today, I was conquering my fear of jet skis. Jet skis is just one fear of mine in a long list of fears I have. If you think I’m kidding, you can read a partial list here. This past week, I wouldn’t say I exactly conquered my fear of singing in front […]

On my cancer blog, I refer to songs by well-known singers and songwriters: one has been on American Idol, one of the lead vocalists in another band had a movie made about his life and how his famous song came to be… Then, there’s little old me. I wrote a song to deal with a tricky […]

We went out to dinner with the producer and the vocalist now that the project is done on my end…that and the fact that they are just plain old fun to hang around with. During our meal, they invited me to come back to Nashville for a co-write session sometime. I said, “Uh, suuuure, but, […]