Absolutely nothing has gone like I planned it.

And before you roll your eyes and try to remind me that I promised to be done with the victim mindset this year, hear me out.

Every goal I've set goes one of two ways....

1. They completely and utterly flop.
   • Like hide under the covers, ugly cry, and binge watch old seasons of Law & Order SVU, just to escape the reminders of how badly things turned out.
   • Like leave town and hope that when you return, everyone has forgotten how badly things went,…

This week's (song)writing prompt...

You've suddenly gained the ability to see another dimension of colors.

Further Prompt Challenge: Imagine taking a pill that gives you the ability to see an entirely new dimension of colors. How would you describe what you see? Which words would you use? What new activities would you do with this new ability? What daily activities would feel new?

Check out what the Reddit community came up with!

(& If you just can't get enough prompting, apply the The…

This week's (song)writing prompt...

Hugs share knowledge of a person. Their past, their present, their future. 

Further prompt challenge: Imagine a world wherein hugs shared information. What would it feel like to download/upload someone else's past, present and future through just physical touch? Does it hurt? Does it feel good? Does it relieve you of burdens? or make life heavier? Would you live in a bubble? Would you run around hugging everyone you meet? Who would you chose to not hug…

I have officially completed 29 years of life. 

This makes today the beginning of my 30th year. 

Dude.

3 decades ago there was no internet. 

3 decades ago the Berlin Wall was a thing.

3 decades ago Janet Jackson released Control.

Someone asked me the other day what I’d be doing next year.

The only thing I could say with any certainty was that I knew what I WOULDN'T be doing in a year.

29 things you won’t see me do this year...

(and a few of my favorite .gifs)

1. Gone are the days o…

This week's (song)writing prompt...

Write using only song titles.

Further Prompt Challenge: This is a fun one! Queue up your iTunes library or Spotify playlists. Shuffle them and use as many song titles as you can to make a story, song, essay, poem.

Check out what the Reddit community came up with!

(& If you just can't get enough prompting, apply the The Muse's Plot Spline, Struxxture, LyriCloud, and Titular tools to this prompt too!)

Feel free to share what you came up with in the co…

This Week: Holy crap.

3 performances. Day-job clients with exciting projects. Lessons with music students. Talking with producers and engineers. Business bookkeeping... 

Oh, that reminds me, 2014's taxes are also breathing down my neck. Awesome.

In full sarcasm, "Sounds like a great environment for making art, doesn't it?!"

Regardless of your artistic medium or level of ‘pro-ness’ in your art career, life can get really busy.

But that fact certainly doesn't take away the necessity to actual…

In an effort to...  

1. collect my favorite writing prompts 
2. write more often 
3. share in the act of creativity

I've decided to share my weekly writing prompts!

Some weeks, you'll actually catch a glimpse at what comes from my own stab at the prompt.

& just 'cause I'm an artist and I do what I want, some weeks, I won't. ;)

This week's (song)writing prompt...

Hell hath no fury... at all.

Further Prompting: What would it look like if hell wasn't as bad as we thought it was? What would it…

So here we are. It's February.

I'll be honest with you: being an artist living with heart & hustle is one of the hardest things I've ever done. 

Don't get me wrong, it's not a surprise that it's hard.

Oh no no no. I KNEW it would be hard to book shows in towns that I've never been in... 

but THIS hard?! No way. 

I've been sending out emails for months now. We're talking hundreds of emails. Rehearsing songs daily. Writing almost daily. Recording at wee hours of the morning, still.

It seems …

You are reading the words of a morning person.

Evidently, if you stay up long enough... low & behold! 

It's the morning, the best time of day! 

Monday and Tuesday nights we set up recording gear in the sanctuary of Immanuel Presbyterian Church and three microphones over their beautiful grand piano.

We got to work.

On the 15 that made the semi-final cuts for the album...

Immanuel Presbyterian Church's sanctuary :)

At the end of the night I had equal parts of lethal loathing and total…

Yayyyyyy!!! 

Download it here!