Some generous thoughts on songwriting, courtesy of Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly (find the complete Americana UK interview here): “A song can start from really odd beginnings. Most songwriting is random. I think of it being closer to fishing: you go out fishing for three or four or five days and nothing much happens, then someContinue reading “Lesson Plan”
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Mooonmemories
When we first started working together, Ronan was nine years old. At our first meeting he said he wanted to write a three-part song called “Snakes Versus the Earth,” which we did. Wanna hear it? Maybe we’ll make it a music NFT down the road. 555 [To explain “555,” the “LOL” of Thailand, “ha” isContinue reading “Mooonmemories”
more backstory
It may seem a big strange for a “music tutor” and their student to be separated by 9,000 miles – I’m living in Thailand, Ronan is in Texas – so perhaps it is important to explain that my role is not as a traditional “instrument” teacher, but more of a creative coach. [He also hasContinue reading “more backstory”