This song helped me SO MUCH! I was in a complete downward spiral, pretty near rock bottom. And this song propelled me like a rocket, up to the 1000th floor of the good-feelings building. -- Paula About This Song: (lyrics below) This song is about consciously choosing to believe what …
78 A Child Is Born
Today is my son Andrew's 30th birthday. And this is the song I wrote upon his arrival on May 30, 1985... It is simply hard to express the intensity of feelings and emotions the arrival of a new child brings. At the time his birth I was 24 years old. Scared. Insecure. Confused. Not sure how to …
221 Pool Rap
Continuing to celebrate my son Andrew's 30th birthday this week with another one of my Kid Songs developed over the years as a school and library performer combining Drums, Songs and Stories. This is one of my first "rap" pieces and over the years it has expanded dramatically. In a live …
356 Motivation
356 Motivation by Mark Shepard About This Song: (lyrics below) Sometimes you just need a little nudge to get motivated... Sometimes you need something a little STRONGER! SOMETIMES... you need the "nudge" to keep yourself going after you THINK you can't keep going...another... …
121 Don’t Be A Goof Be A Slug
One day my son Andrew was being a bit goofy in the back seat of the car, and doing my best to be a safe and responsible adult I firmly admonished him to "stop being a goof." Silence and peace followed... for a little while... until I heard from the back... "Hey dad! Don't be a GOOF! Be a SLUG!" No …
Move, Move, Move! (Rilee O’Neil Version)
Yesterday I shared my "raw acoustic demo" version of this song. Today I want to share what Joe Mennonna did with my "bare bones arrangement" He added keyboards, saxes, drums, bass and god knows what else... Rilee then came in and sang the vocals... Some people like the bigger arrangements, …