My Return To songwriting
When I started writing songs again after a long hiatus while raising my two children, I wrote songs for people in my life. It started with the song “Come Sit In My Chair” for my Dad, who is a barber. I wrote it because he was celebrating 50 years as a barber and it was his birthday. I played the song for him at the Tweedsmuir Hotel in Tweed as part of an Open Mic on his actual birthday. Oh wow, what an experience! He was so touched by the song that it brought him to tears and did so for a long time afterwards.
My mother’s birthday wasn’t far behind, so I wrote a song for her too called “Momma”. I performed it for her as well at the Tweedsmuir while the band playing that night were on a break. It was very nice of them to allow me to do this for my Mom. She too was blown away.
Momma
... it continues
That started a streak of writing songs for my family and friends for special occasions. “More Than A Sister” for my sister, “Virginia” for my daughter, “My Witness” for my parents and others celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary are just some of the personal songs I’ve written. The song “I Soldier On” was inspired by someone as well. I love people’s stories and love to write about them.
My Witness
If you have someone special in your life, an event coming up, say a marriage proposal, a special birthday, an anniversary, you kicked cancer’s butt, and would like a song to commemorate it, I would love to be a part of it. Please contact me and I’ll give you more details.