Reaching back again today deep into the archives from my first LP, "Songs Through A Window" (STAW) comes, "Running in Rain". You can hear a more recent recording that I did back in January here: Running In Rain 2015. For me this was the first chance I'd had to actually record all the parts I …
20 Born To Dance
This is another one from the "SERIOUSLY long ago" song archives. Senior year of High School...I was in love with this girl named Jackie... Alas, she was in love with this guy named Dave... Who was in love with someone else... Whatever. It all seems kind of sweet and silly now but I hadn't …
25 The Glass That Dares Itself To Shatter
Here is one of the most musically interesting songs I wrote early on. I can't say it's one of the most positive LOL. I wrote it Freshman year at SUNY Purchase. It's admittedly a bit angst filled and dramatic but that's part of being a teen moving towards adult hood... I was noticing the …
255 Porcupine Ice Cream
255 Porcupine Ice Cream by Mark Shepard About This Song: (Lyrics below)I wrote this song with some very cute, creative 2nd graders as part of an "artist in residence" program at Booth Elementary school in Elmira NY. It has since become one of the mainstays of my DrumSongStory school, library …
101 Rain On A Tin Roof
101 Rain On A Tin Roof by Mark Shepard About This Song: If I have any songs that are "hits" this has to be one of them. I lived in a Victorian house that had tin sheeting on top of the old shingles. My office was up in the attic. When it rained you knew it was raining. I'm kind of hoping we get …
365 You Have A Secret-Video
Here's a live performance version of "You Have A Secret" from a Letters To Daddy Production done a few years ago in Orange County NY. Yesterday I shared Rilee O'Neil's studio version. What moves me is that the song conveys it's message and emotion regardless of who is singing it. My deepest hope …