This is one of the first songs that I wrote for my Bullying Prevention Program for schools. I was attempting to communicate the somewhat strange idea that it isn't the words that cause us pain. It's our INTERPRETATION of the words. If you are my friend you can probably tell me I'm fat or whatever …
397 Ocean Between Us
Here's another song from the unfinished project "Starbucks: The Musical". This song introduced the lead male character who is "from out of town" and kind of socially awkward. I imagined that the song starts with him and then on each refrain more and more of the other people in the cafe start …
395 I’m A Rich Man
In 2008 I had my best year ever financially... That is until October when the financial crash seemed to cause a deathly silence to fall over my phone and email in box... by January of 2009 I was homeless.But through the grace of a friend who had also lost 90 percent of his business, I had an …
401 I See The Blue Breaking Through
This is one of the songs I wrote for a musical that I did with amazing playwright Jill Jaysen called "BeautyFull".This song didn't make the final play but it was kind of what launched it for me... We had all done a huge amount of work on a Saturday afternoon to get the "Letters To Daddy" set from …
398 Caramel Macchiato
Ever stand online at a Starbucks and attempt to actually comprehend what people are ordering? This song got a Java jolt of inspiration when I heard someone order a "Grande Raspeberry Soy Dirty Extra Dry Chai" The day before I had had a brainstorm with gifted playwright Jill Jayson about doing …
403 Boats Are Burning
403 Boats Are Burning (LIS 2009) by Mark Shepard When Alexander The Great landed on the shores of Persia. He was vastly outnumbered by the Persian Army. He ordered his boats to be burned. legend has it that he said, "We either go home in Persian ships or we die!" It's a powerful metaphor still …