I have worked with very young girls and boys and   to me pictures of young girls and how vulnerable they are in this world. came to my head when I saw the prompt. (EditHad to change the title when I finally found out where I recognise it…) She is just a child (C) Acousticmaddie […]

Very minimalist, but it’s what I wanted to do. FRAGILE glass plastic porcelain fragile bones health condition fragile fragile fragile

Transpose to Fm Em                         Bm My eyes are red and blood shot Am                           Em My heart can’t take it anymore D               C Time […]

On Thursday morning I wrote the song and did a one mic, one take demo in about an hour.  This is NOT that demo.  All aspects needed work so they got it. I wanted to write something in Lydian mode and this verse accompaniment came up.  The melody was a bit tricky but I finally […]

good grief charlie brown said good grief it’s stuck in my head but is grief really all that good? I know how to weep and moan I know how to cry alone but is grief really all that bad? I feel it again I feel it again I feel it again grief my body aches […]

So this was how I interpreted the theme. Words came pretty quickly to me today so I had some time to play with MIDI-effect for rain before the hour was over

This took more than an hour for sure. I couldn’t hit the low notes in the b part, so I moved the vocal part up a fifth and changed the melody slightly. Maybe that’s a weird thing to do, or maybe it’s not obvious. I’ve only done a few songs with lyrics and vocals – it’s […]

This was a challenge for me to find a fresh take on the prompt as I have written two songs(that I love) in skirmishes about cards. With some thought and free thinking I came up with this. Will need some editing of course. I chose a capella as I was not close to a guitar. […]

Your face shows no expression I don’t know how you feel Trying to get your attention It’s your heart I want to steel I placed my bet believing I might be able to win Sometimes the hand is deceiving I’m willing to go all in If it’s in the cards you’ll be my King and […]

Folks, don’t let me be lazy after FAWM (or 50/90 for that matter) ever, ever, ever again. Acoustic one-take. Nothing fancy. Well, this site is interesting. I cannot figure out how to insert media, as I don’t see an “insert media” button. (I added a Dropbox link, but I don’t think that option will be available […]