The final day of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. This one started with a comment on a gig by Poh Teng about an "emergency rubato." Thanks Kat & Sarah for an inspiring and intense month of music! #songwriting #songwriter www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xvm...
Rubato (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 31)
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January 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The final day of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. This one started with a comment on a gig by Poh Teng about an "emergency rubato." Thanks Kat & Sarah for an inspiring and intense month of music! #songwriting #songwriter www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xvm...
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Day 29 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. I started "Keep It Simple" yesterday and finished it up this morning. #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAXC...
Keep It Simple (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 29)
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January 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Day 29 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. I started "Keep It Simple" yesterday and finished it up this morning. #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAXC...
Day 28 of the Songwriting For M.E. #songadaychallenge (and #TunesOnTuesday). I wasn't happy with the two songs I was working on, so decided to go instrumental for today's contribution. #songwriter #songwriting #melodica www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrQr...
The 28th Day (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 28)
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January 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Day 28 of the Songwriting For M.E. #songadaychallenge (and #TunesOnTuesday). I wasn't happy with the two songs I was working on, so decided to go instrumental for today's contribution. #songwriter #songwriting #melodica www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrQr...
Day 27 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. "Trip to Paradise" started with the opening melody and today's prompt "Five miles from Paradise." I think it's a perfectly respectable song for Tin Pan Alley in 1928. AABA FTW #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhRu...
Trip to Paradise (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 27)
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January 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Day 27 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. "Trip to Paradise" started with the opening melody and today's prompt "Five miles from Paradise." I think it's a perfectly respectable song for Tin Pan Alley in 1928. AABA FTW #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhRu...
Day 26 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Went back to "Ephemeral" from the 13th, added an ending, polished the lyric and added some brass & rhythm. Closer to a real song now! #songwriter #songwriting #technology youtu.be/WIDa0bWKtyU
Ephemeral (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 26)
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January 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Day 26 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Went back to "Ephemeral" from the 13th, added an ending, polished the lyric and added some brass & rhythm. Closer to a real song now! #songwriter #songwriting #technology youtu.be/WIDa0bWKtyU
Day 25 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. We got a new couch today. Here's "Old and New" #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRRd...
Old and New (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge day 25)
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January 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Day 25 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. We got a new couch today. Here's "Old and New" #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRRd...
Day 24 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Followed today's prompt to use the theme "And I'm never looking back." That was the key to finishing a song I started two years ago, now called "Can't Stop" Not autobiographical. #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/3ZVEa_Dssf8
Can't Stop (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 24)
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January 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Day 24 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Followed today's prompt to use the theme "And I'm never looking back." That was the key to finishing a song I started two years ago, now called "Can't Stop" Not autobiographical. #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/3ZVEa_Dssf8
Day 23 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Back to #torahtunes for Parashat Metzora, Lev. 14:53 on releasing a bird to carry away sin. A decent start but I don't know yet where the story is going (any ideas?) #songwriter #songwriting youtube.com/shorts/299bz...
Fly Away (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 23)
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January 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Day 23 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Back to #torahtunes for Parashat Metzora, Lev. 14:53 on releasing a bird to carry away sin. A decent start but I don't know yet where the story is going (any ideas?) #songwriter #songwriting youtube.com/shorts/299bz...
Day 22 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. "City Beautiful" reflects on the Dumbarton Bridge in Washington, DC (known for its bronze buffalos) and the "City Beautiful" movement of the early 1900s that inspired its builders #songwriting #songwriter www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjJp...
City Beautiful (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 22)
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January 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Day 22 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. "City Beautiful" reflects on the Dumbarton Bridge in Washington, DC (known for its bronze buffalos) and the "City Beautiful" movement of the early 1900s that inspired its builders #songwriting #songwriter www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjJp...
Day 21 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Taking a reset by writing lyrics to an existing melody. "Pot Luck" is an obscure Johnny Mandel #bebop head that Stan Getz recorded in the 1950s. #songwriter #songwriting #JazzSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPmU...
Pot Luck (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 21)
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January 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Day 21 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Taking a reset by writing lyrics to an existing melody. "Pot Luck" is an obscure Johnny Mandel #bebop head that Stan Getz recorded in the 1950s. #songwriter #songwriting #JazzSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPmU...
Day 20 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge returns to my #TorahTunes project with a song for Parashat Shemot (שְׁמוֹת֙). "Names" was prompted by Exodus 3:14: the name of the Hebrew deity and our Zen-like approach to it. #songwriter #songwriting #JewSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=peV7...
Names (Parashat Shemot) (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 20)
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January 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Day 20 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge returns to my #TorahTunes project with a song for Parashat Shemot (שְׁמוֹת֙). "Names" was prompted by Exodus 3:14: the name of the Hebrew deity and our Zen-like approach to it. #songwriter #songwriting #JewSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=peV7...
Day 19 of the Songwriting for M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Revisited the song from Day 17 "Find the Missing Value" -- new third verse changes the story to something that holds together better. Added a bridge and made a few lyric adjustments as well. #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/k_0FLuRZaNA
Find the Missing Value (revised) (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 19)
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January 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Day 19 of the Songwriting for M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Revisited the song from Day 17 "Find the Missing Value" -- new third verse changes the story to something that holds together better. Added a bridge and made a few lyric adjustments as well. #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/k_0FLuRZaNA
Day 18 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. I had limited time this morning and was thinking about the #snowstorm on the way to DC. I found a rhythm loop and wrote this minimalist spoken word piece "Snow Fall". #songwriter #songwriting
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Snow Falls (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 18)
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January 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Day 18 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. I had limited time this morning and was thinking about the #snowstorm on the way to DC. I found a rhythm loop and wrote this minimalist spoken word piece "Snow Fall". #songwriter #songwriting
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Day 17 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Started volunteering at a local middle school, saw "Find the Missing Value" on a 7th grader's worksheet youtu.be/t0Qy7uGKgvc. A good start but needs work #songwriter #songwriting
Find the Missing Value (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 17)
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January 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Day 17 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Started volunteering at a local middle school, saw "Find the Missing Value" on a 7th grader's worksheet youtu.be/t0Qy7uGKgvc. A good start but needs work #songwriter #songwriting
Day 16 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge: "Feeling Warm" is the start of a song, the product of a "sense writing" exercise about the power of smell and sound to trigger memories (of warmer places). #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/5NEr6HWtMh8
Feeling Warm (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 16)
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January 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Day 16 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge: "Feeling Warm" is the start of a song, the product of a "sense writing" exercise about the power of smell and sound to trigger memories (of warmer places). #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/5NEr6HWtMh8
Day 14 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge: I had no ideas today until I looked around my (cluttered) desk and saw that blue iguana and other "keys" to memories. This one definitely needs some work. #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxRo...
Blue Iguana (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 14)
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January 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Day 14 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge: I had no ideas today until I looked around my (cluttered) desk and saw that blue iguana and other "keys" to memories. This one definitely needs some work. #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxRo...
Day 13 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge: The phrase "money is just numbers on a screen" was stuck in my head, I had to use it in today's song "Ephemeral". I also had to write at least one #blues this month. #songwriter #songwriting #JazzSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYjq...
Ephemeral (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 13)
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January 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Day 13 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge: The phrase "money is just numbers on a screen" was stuck in my head, I had to use it in today's song "Ephemeral". I also had to write at least one #blues this month. #songwriter #songwriting #JazzSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYjq...
Day 12 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. "Top Shelf" combines one more trip down memory lane to 1978 with a phrase in my notes from my friend Adjoa: "Grown folks drink your top shelf liquor" youtu.be/1gEprs9jDNQ #songwriting #songwriter #jazz #JazzSky
Top Shelf (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 12)
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January 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Day 12 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. "Top Shelf" combines one more trip down memory lane to 1978 with a phrase in my notes from my friend Adjoa: "Grown folks drink your top shelf liquor" youtu.be/1gEprs9jDNQ #songwriting #songwriter #jazz #JazzSky
Day 11 of the Songwriting for M.E. January #songadaychallenge: "Screen Duck" responds to today's prompt to "Write a jingle for an unexpected product or place." I wrote two jingles in different styles for the screen cleaner duck on my desk. #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_lK...
Screen Duck (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 11)
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January 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Day 11 of the Songwriting for M.E. January #songadaychallenge: "Screen Duck" responds to today's prompt to "Write a jingle for an unexpected product or place." I wrote two jingles in different styles for the screen cleaner duck on my desk. #songwriter #songwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_lK...
Day ten of the @songwriting_for_me January #songadaychallenge got a bit weird. "Model City" is a sort of tone poem Inspired by an LBJ quote in an editorial in the 1/9/1978 Washington Post about the 1960s Model Cities program. #songwriter #songwriting youtube.com/shorts/WsSSA...
Model City (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 10)
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January 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Day ten of the @songwriting_for_me January #songadaychallenge got a bit weird. "Model City" is a sort of tone poem Inspired by an LBJ quote in an editorial in the 1/9/1978 Washington Post about the 1960s Model Cities program. #songwriter #songwriting youtube.com/shorts/WsSSA...
Day 9 of the Songwriting for M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Remembering the late President Carter took me back to the late 1970s, and this memory of movie houses that once were from the pages of the Washington Post. #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/DIk_Mwr5mp4
Did You Know? (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 9)
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January 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Day 9 of the Songwriting for M.E. January #songadaychallenge. Remembering the late President Carter took me back to the late 1970s, and this memory of movie houses that once were from the pages of the Washington Post. #songwriter #songwriting youtu.be/DIk_Mwr5mp4
Day 8 of the Songwriting For M.E. January
#songadaychallenge. I came up with the slogan "Tech Can't Fix People" many years ago (as you can see by the hat) and took this opportunity to write the song. This after a 20+ year career in tech. youtu.be/AYNeupA8Ma0 #songwriting #songwriter
#songadaychallenge. I came up with the slogan "Tech Can't Fix People" many years ago (as you can see by the hat) and took this opportunity to write the song. This after a 20+ year career in tech. youtu.be/AYNeupA8Ma0 #songwriting #songwriter
Tech Can't Fix People (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 8)
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January 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Day 8 of the Songwriting For M.E. January
#songadaychallenge. I came up with the slogan "Tech Can't Fix People" many years ago (as you can see by the hat) and took this opportunity to write the song. This after a 20+ year career in tech. youtu.be/AYNeupA8Ma0 #songwriting #songwriter
#songadaychallenge. I came up with the slogan "Tech Can't Fix People" many years ago (as you can see by the hat) and took this opportunity to write the song. This after a 20+ year career in tech. youtu.be/AYNeupA8Ma0 #songwriting #songwriter
Day 7 of the Songwriting For M.E. #songadaychallenge: the Fats Waller/Andy Razaf classic "Ain't Misbehavin'" is in the public domain as of Jan. 1, so I can finally update the lyrics for the 21st century. #songwriter #songwriting #fatswaller #publicdomain www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFjH...
Ain't Misbehavin' 2025 (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 7)
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January 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Day 7 of the Songwriting For M.E. #songadaychallenge: the Fats Waller/Andy Razaf classic "Ain't Misbehavin'" is in the public domain as of Jan. 1, so I can finally update the lyrics for the 21st century. #songwriter #songwriting #fatswaller #publicdomain www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFjH...
Day six of the Songwriting for M.E. #songadaychallenge: "Three In The Morning" (not about the DC snowstorm!). i think this one has potential. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzsong #jazzpiano youtu.be/kbpR5CCfkkQ
Three In The Morning (January 2025 Song a day challenge day 6)
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January 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Day six of the Songwriting for M.E. #songadaychallenge: "Three In The Morning" (not about the DC snowstorm!). i think this one has potential. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzsong #jazzpiano youtu.be/kbpR5CCfkkQ