I recorded 10 of the songs I often play live as part of an all acoustic collection called “Everyday Lies“.  I also have links to the lyrics, demo songs, and the liner notes that tell you a little more about how each song came to be written.

If Mom Were President, she’d set things straight
She would battle for causes just….

Read the rest of the poem here.

Sara, my 9 year old, narrated my poem, If Mom Were President with the illustrations by Joye Petrine.  I put the Battle Hymm of the Republic in the background.

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Enjoy!

focus songwriting and marketing I did a little bit of work this weekend on both MatthewMoranOnline.com (this site) and KreativeKnowledge.com.

The goal is to focus this site more clearly on songwriting, performance, and other creative endeavors - while keeping my consulting and speaking business information separate.

Continue reading ‘Refining the message - songwriter & creative versus boring/business - sort of..’

Show Notes - playing live

I played last Friday - the Inza show - and had a good turnout and great feedback.  Opened with a new tune - Do It Again - a sort of hopeful ballad….

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Pam Slim (who I started reading long before she became a titan in the blogging world - her blog’s title, Escape From Cubicle Nation is perhaps the best blog title ever) writes about how our thoughts often derail us before we begin…

our passion meets our nagging thoughts - crash...

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