Wacky Wednesday: Bedtime/Lights Out

Talk about Wacky Wednesday.  This has been a crazy day and a pretty crazy week for me.  I thought I could make the Wacky Wednesday deadline for this challenge, but it is 9pm, now, and my kids are  in bed. My time for recording has ended.  I have found that life is a lot harder to juggle now that I am homeschooling my 12 year old.  Even if I am not ready to share anything today, I have learned a lot.  I think trying to do something like Wacky Wednesday in one week is very enlightening.  I would love to hi-light anyone else who might have accepted the challenge.  Please let me know when you come up with something in one week.  Until next time.... happy songwriting!

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Take Note Tuesday: Tyler Ward

The first time I saw Tyler Ward was when I watched a  youtube video that he did with Tiffany Alvord.  One of my favorite videos on his channel is his cover of the Ed Sheeran song, "Thinking Out Loud".  I also really liked some of the values that he has and encourages others to try on some of his youtube videos.  Thanks, Tyler, for being so awesome!!!  I hope you are able to continue to keep the goals you have set for yourself.  Check Tyler Ward out by clicking below:

Monday Memoir Follow Up: "Because of Him"

Click HERE to listen to a sample of "Because of Him" by Catrina Baum

Here is a sample of the first verse and chorus to the song I spoke of yesterday in my Monday Memoir.  The song is called "Because of Him".  Please let me know what you think.  :)

Click HERE to listen to a sample of "Because of Him" by Catrina Baum

Monday Memoirs: January 11, 2016: Aloha & Mele Kalikimaka

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration.  I was in Hawaii for Christmas this year.  I have never done that before.  We had a great time.  While I was vacationing, I found myself waking up Christmas morning with some thoughts of a Christmas song.  I was focusing on the true meaning of Christmas and even though I did not have a piano to sit down to, I could hear the sound of the song in my mind and was excited to get back home to my piano.  It was one of those songs that just seemed to fall into place.

I want to share it with you all so badly, but I can't yet, because I left the damper pedal for my electric piano at the venue my band sang at on New Years Eve.  I will not be able to record the piano part for the song until a new one comes in the mail.  I plan on getting a recording on this post as soon as I can possibly put it together.

How about you, have you ever had a song that just seemed to fall into place?  Did you have any songwriting moments over the Christmas break?  Please share.  I would love to hear all about it.  Until next time... Aloha and Happy Songwriting!

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WaCkY WeDnEsDaY: Are You Up For the Challenge?

So, what is this Wacky Wednesday Challenge really all about anyways?  Well, it's really all about experimenting with music.  I am not sure how long this will last or how well it will go, but so far I have enjoyed seeing where the challenge has taken me.  I have definitely put myself out of my comfort zone more than once and it has paid off because in the end I have gained more knowledge about MUSIC (one of my greatest loves in life).

The experiment is this: Today I am going to pick a song to do a cover for and then see if I can come up with my own version in one week and record it so that I can share it with all of you next week.  Sound crazy??

As a follow-up to this experiment, the next consecutive Wednesday I plan to make some kind of music video to go with the chosen song to post on youtube.  In the end Wacky Wednesday will be a flip-flop from recording music to videotaping something to go with the song.  I would like to encourage anyone else who is interesed to try it.  It is kind of wacky to see what you can do with music in one week, but in the end I think it will be a great way to grow and learn.  I think the scariest part will be that I have to share the song or video in one week no matter what shape it might be in, even if it's not my favorite. 

What do you think?  Any one else up for the challenge??  I hope so.  I want to hear what others can do.  

As far as this week's post goes, I was so busy last week, practicing for a New Year's Eve show with my band One Horizon, I did not get a chance to do any Wacky Wednesday challenge for this week, but I do have some footage from one of the songs we played that night.  This is One Horizon's arrangement of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". I hope you enjoy it.  

Until next time.... Happy Songwriting!!

Take Note Tuesday: What's It All About?

My "Take Note Tuesday" posts are regular posts I put on my blog to showcase up and coming artists who have family friendly songs and music that they are sharing on their youtube stations.  I also try to look for artists who want to create music for the joy of music.  It is so easy, in the music world, no matter what level you might be at, to get caught up in what is popular instead of what is meaningful.  Or sometimes, I think we can get so caught up in trying to LOOK good that we forget the real purpose of whatever it is we are trying to share.  I know I am guilty of this sometimes, but still, it is my goal to avoid creating things that are superficial or without substance.  If you feel the same I hope you will let me know your thoughts.  I think encouraging one another in this aspiration is most important.  Also, if you know of any music projects that fit this bill, please let me know as I am always on the look out for new ideas.  Until next time, Happy Songwriting!

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Monday Memoirs: Let's Create!!!

With the New Year just begun, I thought this would be a good time to share some of my vision about "Monday Memoirs".  The purpose of my weekly "Monday Memoirs" post is to log my songwriting activities.  Sometimes, whatever I share might not be in the very best condition, but I am not going for polished.  I am just trying to capture what happens in my life as a songwriter who has a life full of many other interests and responsibilities.  It is my hope that it will be of interest and encouragement to someone out there in cyberspace who is also trying to develop their own ability to create weather it be music and songwriting or any other creation they might be developing.  I do love to connect on a creative level too, so I hope anyone who reads this will take the opportunity to share whatever it is they might have been working on.  Until next time, Happy Songwriting (or Happy Drawing, Painting, Videotaping, Picture Taking, Poetry Writing, Novel Writing, Cooking or whatever else you might be doing creatively).  :)

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