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Songwriting Scene showcase at NERFA 2010

October 29, 2010

Y’all have been pretty quiet since I served up the new “cheese” songwriting challenge…yeah, it might be a tough one. Luckily, I find cheese totally fascinating and an integral part of the life of my fridge,  so I’ve already got some ideas percolating. And hey, it’s better than writing a song about rennet, right? Anyway, [...]

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Songwriting and honesty — my own truth tale-ing

November 17, 2009

I had high hopes for this blog post, which I am writing one day after arriving home from NERFA, the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance — an inspiring gathering of folk, acoustic, blues, roots, americana and contemporary singer-songwriters and musicians from around the Northeast and Canada. The trip had been planned for months, including a role [...]

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Songwriting Scene showcase at Northeast Regional Folk Alliance

October 23, 2009

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be running a small showcase on November 14 (my birthday, y’all!) at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance — nothing grand, these showcases all take place out of a hotel room in the middle of the Catskills in New York, but it should be really fun! I have some great [...]

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Songwriting Scene: Long Island

September 16, 2009

No, the title of this post is not an oxymoron. There is, in fact, a nice songwriting scene on Long Island, which I have to say surprised me, being a Long Island native myself (Hicksville, exit 43 on the Long Island Expressway, off of South Oyster Bay Road). While at age 16 I left Long [...]

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