I set sail as songwriter after winning an international songwriting contest I read about in the Wall Street Journal, in search of a theme song for Wichita, Kansas. "You'll Feel Wichita" launched a lifelong pass-time as a lyricist that has earned four ASCAP Popular Arts Awards, commissions for original songs at the National Democratic Issues Conference ("We Give Democracy It's Name") and The Indiana AiDS Memorial ("Once Again"). I've written over 20 songs with the 'Folk Princess of Pop', Melanie, and collaborated on two Off Broadway reviews
("Tomorrow's Broadway-A Look Back" and "Deep Dish Beauty")
while performing improvised musical comedy in New York with Interplay and The National Improv Theater, which I co-founded.
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In 2012,I won a Director's Award in the Nashville Int'l Love Song & Lyric Contest with "February-Fourteenth Day"; hit Broadjam's Top Ten List in Country-Religious Genre, title: "I Have Seen the Angels Singing" and I'm currently adding music to my lyrics to "When I Am Free" for the National Hospice Foundation.
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I set sail as songwriter after winning an international songwriting contest I read about in the Wall Street Journal, in search of a theme song for Wichita, Kansas. "You'll Feel Wichita" launched a lifelong pass-time as a lyricist that has earned four ASCAP Popular Arts Awards, commissions for original songs at the National Democratic Issues Conference ("We Give Democracy It's Name") and The Indiana AiDS Memorial ("Once Again"). I've written over 20 songs with the 'Folk Princess of Pop', Melanie/, and collaborated on two Off Broadway reviews, while performing in New York with Interplay and The National Improv Theater, which I co-founded.
In 2012,I've won 2 Director's Awards in the Nashville Int'l Song & Lyric Contest with "February-Fourteenth Day" and "I Don't Want to Live Forever"; hit Broadjam's Top Ten List twice since March...
Once in Country-Religious Genre, title: "I Have Seen the Angels Singing" and the second hit #2 and holding on the Holiday list:"Looks Like It's Holiday Time". I'm currently adding music to my lyrics to "When I Am Free" for the National Hospice Foundation.
Look for "I Don't Want to Live Forever" fresh out of Nashville Demo Studio,along with pro mastered remakes of "Lovin' Over Budget" and "Hate to Have to Love You, But I Do" by May 26th!!
Well, they're out now looking for placements. Thing is, Morgan Douglas and Brittini Black at NDS sang so well I can't fathom any A-list Super Star who can do it better! Going back to record 4 more in June.
BTW: Two songs on iTunes now are: "A Little More Country"sung by David Melby-Gibbons,
and "Make Sure You Make It Christtmas" music & vocals by Dog-n-Butterfly's Sean Clegg