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I think it's important, as artists and as music fans, to expand our musical horizons. This is me stretching a little musically.

Our spotlight shines on T.G. Mortale, a music lover and performer who originally hails from Texas, and currently lives in Wisconsin.

We shine the spotlight on Cassie Magic, an avid music lover from the Texas Gulf Coast, How did ZZ Top get her in trouble?

Today we shine the spotlight on Star, and learn a little about her musical background and interests.

Eating breakfast at the Neighborhood Cafe inspired this last song in the 7 Day Songwriting Challenge - this on a ukelele!

Choose to live your own life, not the life others would choose for you, it's better than the alternative!

One aspect of love we often don't talk about is what happens to our love when we die. "I Will Wait For You" is an anthem of hope.

There are days that trying to write a song is full of roadblocks, mentally and time-wise. Today has been one of those.

As the journey continues, I let the 'rocker' in me out a bit, and wrote a 'song with a hidden meaning'. I'll let the listeners decide....

Day 2 of the 7 Day Songwriting Challenge. A new song, different processes for these first two songs. How are you doing in your challenge?

Writing songs doesn't just "happen". People sit down with an idea, or melody, or a few words, and craft it into a full blown song.

Over the course of my life, I've listened to music via many different media. I've listened to it on Vinyl, 8 Track, Cassettes, and media

Songwriting has been around as long as people have been making music. There are songs about everything...literally, EVERYTHING. I sat...

I've been writing and playing music most of my life. For most of those years, performing music 'live', for me, meant standing in front...

In the southern U.S., they call it noodling. Personally, even though I grew up in the south, I call it crazy. Catfish have sharp fins!

Why do we songwriter types keep creating new songs when there are already more songs, about every topic, than any of us have yet heard?

For whatever reason, I have noticed that in recent times I have listened more to songs (and written more music) about the brevity of life,

The Spire Studio is a portable 8 track recording system that communicates wirelessly with your iOS or Android device. ... with a great...

Welcome to Music is Passion!, my blog about music.. creating it, performing it, sharing it..discovering it. If it's related to music,...