Feb SitRaw on the move!

I've been a bit out of touch lately. I am sorry for that. I am not sure if it's the kids, the new president, the writing appointments that keep canceling, the fact that football season is over or the anticipation of Mardi Gras. I'm sure that I could pull out a few more excuses but I figured that 4 or 5 would do. I am going to make a real effort to stay on my game a bit more now that we're six weeks into the new year! Oh yes...it's flying by!

The thing is, I've been doing a ton of writing, so it's odd that I am not writing my blog more regularly. There are certainly plenty of things to discuss. Let's just dive right in with the last two songs that I wrote for Songs in the Raw. "Nice, Disguise" is a song about finding crap in your closet that belonged to an Ex. I think that we've all done it. At the very least, finding those random pictures that you have in the back of the drawer in the hallway closet under your 10 year old biking shorts next to that paper-weight you've been looking for. "Nice, Disguise" is about finding a sweater and a picture that lead me to the discovery that she had been seeing some one else and that relationship was probably the reason that she left me.

Now, maybe this has happened to you....maybe not. Either way, I decided to take the song to a place of malice. "It must be hard to be human when you're cold as ice." That's line that ends the chorus. The title comes from the first lines in the chorus, "You looked so nice, maybe that was your disguise." Have you ever known one of those beautiful people who is the meanest, ugliest person on the inside. Sort of a wolf in sheep's skin type of thing. Head over to Songs in the Raw and let me know what you think.

"Love for the Week" is the next song that you should listen to on Songs in the Raw. It's a song about love....obviously. We all go through rough times, I think that most people get that, especially now. I find it very comforting that I have my wife and kids to get me through bad days. "Love for the Week" is about days of noddle soup, rice and baked potatoes for lunch and dinner. I had an egg crate bed and a clock radio for entertainment. Going out meant a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20 and a $2 joint. They we still good times. Of course, for me, I was not involved with anyone at the time, but IT IF WERE, I would have been comforted by the love of my companion. Instead, little old me had to do it alone. Head over to Songs in the Raw and let me know if it strikes a chord with you.

I am going to try and be more diligent about writing my blog. I am busy writing songs and making demos and working the Nashville scene. I look forward to any comments or input from anyone.

All the best,
Jon
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Two More Songs for January

I can't believe that January went by like that. I do have to say that it was a great month in the history of the world. I'm not just talking about the songs that I wrote. No, in fact there were some wonderful and incredibly tragic events that happened in the month of January 2009. I don't really want to go into it right now, I am here to talk about songwriting.

I have put two more songs on Songs in the Raw MySpace page. "A Thousand Words" and "Play the Fool" were posted a couple of days ago. I was trying to finish one song and the other one popped up in my head.

"A Thousand Words" is a love song. I talk about poets and songwriters searching for the perfect words to write a poem or song. I've found, that in affairs of the heart, words just get in the way. A look in your lover's eyes says it all. Check out Songs in the Raw MySpace page and let me know what you think.

"Play The Fool" is a melody that I had been churning around for a while. I kind of couldn't get it out of my head, but was never happy with the lyrical direction that I was taking. As it turns out, it's about the contradictions that life seems to display from time to time. "I've seen rain fall from a clear blue sky." "I've seen tears come from the eyes of laughter." "I've seen bad things done by good people." Things like that seem to happen all the time in this crazy life! "I'm not a fool, but I've been foolish." What can I say, I do it all the time!

Head over to Songs in the Raw MySpace page and let me know what you think. I love to hear from you.

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take care....keep on rockin!
Jon