Songwriting is the act of baring one's soul to another in the form of words and music.
The founders of the Cure GM1 Foundation, Christine and Doug, have a beautiful daughter named Iris. A good friend of theirs, Jamie Bucchignano Angevine composed a song for her. Christine asked me if I would record the music and vocal for the song. I really enjoyed being a part of this project. Listen to it in the video above and/or download the mp3 recording below.
I wrote Set Sail for my husband Brad and performed it for him at our wedding reception back in 2004. A friend of mine, who was at the reception, recently asked about the song and suggested I record it. So
I have a new original song for you this month; it’s about my amazing daughter, Laya. It’s hard to put into words the emotions and story behind this song; the years of ups, downs, efforts, growth, set backs, challenges, struggles, determination and joy that have been piling up in the pocket sized moments of her 12 years of life. As her Mother, I haven’t quite blossomed to my full potential yet, but I feel this fire inside of me that gives me some inkling of what I am capable of. I have glimpsed, during sweet moments of inspiration, how precious she is; and they have been like rays of light continuing to lead me down the correct path. I have a lot of hopes for her and I believe in her. I know she is brilliant, unique and priceless. I just hope she can believe all of it for herself.
Happy Music Monday! It’s a new month and I have another original song for you. It’s called I’m Gonna Be There. Don’t forget to enter your email in the subscription bar. Enjoy!! I’m Gonna Be ThereVerse 1: I find him
Happy Music Monday! My son, Eli, is turning 10 this weekend! Since it is his birthday month, I wanted to record and share his lullaby. I made up a little lullaby for each of my children to sing to them
Here’s what inspired the song, “Not Alone”. After two of my three children were diagnosed with a rare and eventually fatal disorder, I had a hard time adjusting to our new normal. And in reality, every time one of my
Happy “Music Monday”! As I was working on “Love, Loretta” for my friend Loretta, 🙂 she mentioned the song I was writing for her parents, to one of her friends…which resulted in her friend hiring me to write a song.
Happy Music Monday! Here is the Sheet Music for “Turning Toward” Click the download button belowto download it. Writing the Melody When I sat down to write out the sheet music for Turning Toward, I wrote out the vocal melody first.
How did I turn my marriage around? Well before I can answer that and go into the reason I wrote “Turning Toward”, I need to make a few disclaimers. I could never take full credit for the state of my
Happy Music Monday! Before I introduce my bonus song, I want to let you know that this is the last week “Love, Loretta” will be available to download. So if you’d like to download it while you can, here is