I’ll Make You Feel is a song I wrote with the idea of James Taylor’s Handyman in mind. Think about it, Handyman is about a guy - basically a schmuck - who tells women to send all their friends to him.  He’ll fix their broken hearts.  Really, we know, he will sleep with them.  He’s saying, I’ll sleep with you and all your friends.

Here is the main thing I want to say
I’m busy 24 hours a day

Dog!!!  Genius!

The song is universally thought of as romantic.  I wanted to write a song about the same guy basically.

I take awhile to intro the song and you get to hear the sound of kids running around the yard.  Just a part of the outdoor house concert experience…

I’ll Make You Feel (lyrics)

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Had discussions with a few different songwriters over the past couple of days.  Then yesterday, I met with Doug Welch again to discuss new media’s business value.

If you are a songwriter or creative type - how are you using new media to gain audience/exposure?

How are you using the various tools or websites to generate revenue?

What is your most pressing question about new media- blogging, podcasting, social media sites (myspace, facebook, linkedin, etc.), streaming video, etc?

At a recent house concert (in Chicago), I opened with an older song - I think 1993???

I messed up and almost sang the second verse a second time…

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Sorry about the sound but I just setup the camera and shot them.  I still need to read the house concert video - maybe this weekend.

Why black and white?
I was getting some choppiness on the video - so I made it b&w and turned off all auto-adjustments on the video to remedy this.

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Currently I am taking a quick look at at the various social media sites and tools to determine which, if any, have relevance to the singer/songwriter.

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