Life, family, and music.
I don’t perform very often, so each time I do, I go through these steps. I used to wing it, but I realized that a lot of my anxiety came from that. Now, here’s what I do. STEP 1: Brainstorm Songs I work backwards from the end result. I’m not just playing songs; I’m serving […]
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Hi Keeth, Great questions! I wasn’t sure how many songs I’ve written—I’ve referenced 800 before—but I checked my PRO (ASCAP) today, December 3, 2024. It looks like I’ve written 1,024 songs (registered), which is more than I thought. There are likely 50 to 100 that I haven’t submitted because I was probably ashamed of them.
Allow me to talk to you for a moment about pocketknives because I bet many of you do not carry one, and you’re missing out. I have had one on my person for the past 15 years. First of all, I like it because when you carry a pocket knife, no one can accuse you
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I am six years old and a member of the Old Dutch Potato Chips hockey team. We have orange jerseys with big white letters. Aaron Degerness is our star player. Saturday mornings are game days and this particular morning the stars align: I catch the puck and begin a long breakaway the length of the
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A little clip for you to enjoy raw, stripped-down music. Love,Aaron
Acoustic Performance: “Thank You for Being a Friend” Read More »
First of all, do you keep a calendar? Do you stick to it? Is “songwriting” on there? Every morning at the same time each day, “solo songwriting” is written on my calendar. I almost never write songs just because I feel like it. I do it because it’s on my calendar. You might be thinking,
Hi Greta, Great question. First, for others reading who might not know, here’s a list of albums and EPs: My Whole Life (2005) Songs from a Small Town (2006) Christmas Songs (2008) Three (2012) Tennessee Sky (2012) Safe Enough to Wander (2013) Black Wall Way EP (2016) Passages (2017) This Time of the Year (2017) Wonder EP
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