Welcome to my website. I’m a passionate amateur songwriter, producer, photographer, videographer, and blogger. I write about my creative process, health issues, and just about anything else that strikes my fancy.
I’m a co-founder and co-host of the Song Talk Radio podcast and Meetup group; producer, drummer and co-songwriter of the indie-folk-rock band Beige Shelter; and I also release my own music.
I invite you to spend some time here, discover something, maybe learn something, have a laugh, and enjoy my musings. Thanks for visiting!
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In September, I hosted a new event at my Meetup group, The Songwriting Supermarket. I invited members to get together and collaborate on writing a song in two hours. Three other talented songwriters showed up, and we had a blast writing and recording a new song, Don’t Fix Me. Before the session, I [...]
I attended the Song Studio Student Showcase at Hugh's Room in Toronto this year. Song Studio is a week-long songwriting camp in Toronto, hosted by Blair Packham and others. I know several songwriters who have attended and they all say it's an amazing experience. For the week's grand finale, the students put on a show with [...]
I know many of you don’t care for music theory. It’s clinical, it’s boring, and it sucks the soul out of songwriting. Well, news flash: you’re using music theory whether or not you intend to. For myself, I know my theory pretty well, as I learned it at young age. I couldn’t tell you if [...]
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Layout of a 24-page newsletter for non-profit housing members with advertising, 6 times per year. Electronic edition included bookmarks and hyperlinked advertisements. Visit onpha.on.ca/qc for complete archives. I was also responsible for research and writing of the “Going Green” section, focused on environmental initiatives and tips for non-profit housing providers. Going Green writing samples: November [...]
I designed many banners for ONPHA's website and social networking channels, often with calls to action to direct visitors to key content on the website.
Use of Windows Content Manager, HTML, CSS, and Photoshop to manage content, design graphics for, and layout hundreds of webpages. Use of Intelligent Query Architect to include member-specific information from the associated database. Also trained other staff in the content system to manage their own content. I was also responsible for setting up and managing [...]
