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In this episode I’ll interview old friend and Voices of Hope founder and president Greg Chastain in preparation for writing a song together. Greg has not only been a musical influence, including Musical Theater, but he has also inspired me and many others to donate our time and skills in a very worthy pursuit.

When I was about 25 years old, I did this prosperity workshop thing. Mainly because I wasn’t very prosperous back then. I was lucky if I could afford toothpaste, much less rent. One of the exercises we did was to write down our life goals. One of my goals was to be a philanthropist, a ludicrous desire considering my financial state at the time. Working with Greg has helped me realize that goal.

I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes podcast. In this episode and in following episodes we’ll interview Greg Chastain and then write a song together.

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In this episode we’ll be doing something a little different than usual. I recently gave a live online concert of nine songs. It was a mix of old songs that have never been in any of my podcasts, new songs that I have never performed and requests from donors and patrons.

 It features 9 original songs which in order are:

1. Little Eyes
2. As In Love
3. And Then I Remember
4. The You of You
5. Don’t Hate Me
6. Not True
7. Miracle
8. Eye Nu U Wud
9. Chunky

What follows is the recording of that performance.

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It’s with mixed emotions, some sadness, and some relief, that we come to Part 5 of the Waiting Room set of podcasts. I’ll admit I’m somewhat relieved to be at the end of this journey, but also a little sad that I’ll have to work harder to put together the next podcast. You see, it’s been relatively easy for me to crank these sessions out as most of the content was already written and recorded. 

I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes pod cast. This episode is the fifth and final episode in the serialized version of The Waiting Room. If you have not listened to season 4 episodes 1-4, I suggest you stop and go back and listen to those episodes before listening to this one. 

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What happens when the end is near, and we and our loved ones are faced with the decisions on how to end a life? What if the patient is incapacitated? How do we make those final decisions for them? Do we have the courage and the presence of mind to do the right thing? Are we acting in the best interests of the patient, or are we acting in our own selfish interest?  Play time is over. Things are about to get real.

I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes podcast. Welcome to the penultimate episode of my musical “The Waiting Room”. This is the fourth installment of the five-part serialized version of the musical. If you haven’t listened to parts 1-3, I highly suggest that you go back and listen to those episodes before listening to this one.

In this episode we’ll cover three scenes as we rush towards our conclusion. The comic relief is over. It’s time to deal with some of the darker aspects of this topic. In this episode we’ll see how grief affects us, sometimes long after a person is gone. Then, we’ll watch as one of our characters deals with the end of life of a loved one. Then finally, we’ll get a dream view into the mind of our incapacitated loved one to see what they would want. So, buckle up as we dive in.

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Here in the US, getting access to medical care can be very expensive and confusing. In this episode we hope to help you navigate and understand access to our health system. Then hear a positive view on all the cancer research going on. Then after the act break, we’ll come back with a look at the diagnosis part of treatment.

I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes Podcast. This is Part three of the podcast version of my musical “The Waiting Room”. If you haven’t listened to parts one and two, I highly suggest that you do so before listening to this episode. Otherwise, you may be confused as to what is going on. In this episode we’ll listen to three scenes and their accompanying songs – the first scene is a discussion on how medical services are provided in the US, the next scene is an uplifting anthem to the hope for a cure, and after a short intermission, we’ll take a look at the run-around that some patients endure during their diagnosis. 

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What happens when things spiral out of our control? How do we react? Do we deny that there is problem? Do we get angry? Do we try to make deal with God? Or do we do all of the above? We’ll try to find out some of those answers in this episode.

 I’m Tim Rose and this is Part Two of the podcast version of my musical “The Waiting Room”. I you haven’t listened to part One, I highly suggest that you do so before listening to this episode. Otherwise, you may be confused as to what is going on. In this episode we’ll listen to three scenes and their accompanying songs – the first scene covers the anger we feel when we discover that there is nothing we can do to alleviate a situation, the next scene is a little comic relief as we poke fun at death, and the last scene of this episode our character turns to God for some help. 

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Welcome to Season 4 of the Tim Tunes Podcast. We’re starting this season with a serialized set of podcasts that encompass the music and script from my musical, “The Waiting Room”. In this episode we’ll cover three songs from the show. The first song establishes what the show is about. The second gives us a little bit of a look ahead and the last song digs into what the experience is like. 

Back in the mid-nineties a friend told me that he had been diagnosed with cancer. At that point he was one of those “husband of a wife’s friend” kind of friends. It was around that time that we started playing golf together. We would ride to the games together and that gave us a time to talk. Alone, without the wives or children or other relatives in the car with us we were able to relax and talk about what was going on with each other in a “safe” space. My friend and I didn’t believe in the same things politically, but that never interfered with our ability to be friends. It was as if this safe space was more important to us than winning any argument over some philosophical or political point. I should mention that my friend didn’t usually speak very much when others were around. He was noted for his reserved character. He was a sort of self-made renaissance man in the sense that he could fix anything, mechanical, not emotional. He recently passed away and now I think of him often.

 In 2010, I joined a group called Voices of Hope. This is a group of singers, actors, dancers, musicians, and crew who perform to raise money for cancer research and to support those who are going through the cancer journey. My friend was well into his second cancer diagnosis, and I began to form an idea as to how to help Voices of Hope, or any fundraising group, raise money by creating a set of songs around this journey. It was then that I got the idea to make this set of songs into a musical. So, I set about writing the songs in the early 2010s and seeing if I had enough material for a show. 

I decided to go with the “Jukebox” format where different characters sing their songs. Some of these songs are thought pieces where we are taken out of the action of the play and into the mind of the character and other pieces occur in the present within the action of the play. In casting about for some kind of plot or organizing principal, I hit upon Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief. Both of my parents had recently passed away and I had personally experienced this. So, the five stages denial, anger bargaining, depression and acceptance, became the first organizing principle for the show.

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What is it that makes us who we are? What defines us as a person? Is it our nature or something that we learn that determines who we are? Are we who we think we are, or are we who people perceive us to be? Does it matter? I mean, who cares?

Several months ago I attended my high school graduation and I couldn’t help but notice that the essential thing that made each person who they are was still there. As I talked to person after person I was struck how the themness, the core thing, that made them them had not seemed to change. I’m not sure I can define it either. It’s very elusive, difficult to define and difficult to describe 

 In this episode we’re back to our original format. We’ll listen to three songs about character and what it is that makes us who we are. We’ll look at a song about one of my defining characteristics, a song about an old character in my life, and, finally, a song about what makes us, us. 

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Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this episode is Part 3 of my Tim Tunes podcast “Songwriting – East Tennessee Valley” where you follow along as I write and record a new song. If you have not listened to Parts 1 and 2, I highly encourage you to go back, give it a listen and then come back and listen to this episode. 

Welcome back, listeners. Over the last two episodes you’ve looked over my shoulder as I wrote the song “East Tennessee Valley”. So far, we’ve completed the basic structure of our song, then we refined and defined it better by creating a lead sheet, writing an arrangement and then recording that arrangement. In this episode well add vocals, and maybe a few other bells and whistles to our recording. Then, we’ll mix down the recording, make the master mix of the song and, finally, publish it on the web 

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Welcome back, listeners. Last time we looked at the Inspiration, the Hook, and the Body of my new song “East Tennessee Valley”. We have the basic structure of our song, the verses, and the bridge, and we made a scratch recording at the end of our last session. In this episode we’ll create a beginning and an ending for the song. Then, we’ll create a lead sheet and get down to committing to the lyrics, chords, and melody.  Then, we’ll add other musical instruments. Next, we’ll move into the studio and record our  arrangement of  the song.

If you haven't listened to the last podcast, I strongly suggest that you do that before listening to this part.

That podcast can be found here:

https://timtunes.buzzsprout.com/1850193/11923811

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