Presenting the Closet Rock Star!

 Some of you may not know this, but my first career ambition was to be a famous singer. I started writing music (mostly country and pop songs) during the early 80s, and Mom and Dad bought me my first guitar about that time. I was already taking piano lessons from my mother. My mother was an accomplished pianist who loved to sing and play for us. She had a beautiful voice and sang in church and for funerals and other occasions. 

I am mostly a STUDIO MUSICIAN and own a digital multimedia production business so I feel more comfortable just doing studio work. But on occasion, I have performed for local events such as nursing homes or get-togethers. I have written hundreds of songs over the years, and I'm a poet, as well (nationally published), so it seems to come easily for me. I also play several other instruments, including the Alto Sax, Piano/electronic keyboard, flute, guitar, and more.

In 1997, 2 Hollywood record labels released 4 songs I had written, and I still receive some royalties when they are used. So I am a Hollywood songwriter, and lately also a Nashville songwriter, since a well-known songwriter there picked one of my songs to promote to big labels.

That being said, I still sing and love writing music. I just don't spend as much time on it as I used to. I have to spend most of my time now on the things that make me immediate money. But I do hope to do more music recording, mostly featuring my own original songs to promote them online and hopefully see some sales from them.

In the meantime, I mess around with Karaoke, singing some of my favorite songs of the 1980s such as ones by Stevie Nicks, Olivia Newton-John, and a few others. My latest trend for my own music is to sing and write music in the JAZZ or ballad genre. But I have always loved the music of Stevie Nicks. So I thought you might enjoy this video I created over the weekend featuring me singing and then I created the video in a creative way to capture some of the mystery I think this song entails.

I hope you enjoy it!! I'll have more soon, but will mostly focus on my own original music. If you would like to purchase the same digital multitrack recorder I sometimes use to produce my work, check out the TASCAM Digital Portastudio.

Note: I do receive some commissions from promoting Amazon products as a registered Amazon associate. I use a number of tools, both portable and stationary, but this is a great recorder!

Stay tuned for more. My performances and my original music can also be 

heard on my internet radio station. More coming soon!

Support a fellow Patriot - My eBay Store

 Hello everyone. This is just a short post to let you know my new eBay store is up and running. It's not exactly new, but I've added a lot of different things to it since some of you may have checked it out. We need the money for some important bills right now, so check it out and see what you might like. Lots of vintage stuff like watches, pens, electronics, technology, some of my candle products, etc and other stuff. 

Here's the link. 

https://www.ebay.com/str/smalltownglobalinnovations

I'll make another post soon. 

Happy 250th Birthday, America!

 

Today is the 250th birthday of our country, and her independence from England's monarchy and tyranny, a landmark day of when our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence, and we declared in one voice that we would be a nation and a government "Of the people and By the People," which means that WE, the people decide the laws and how things will be run in our own country.

Click here to see fireworks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71vFziEeNW4

Our founding fathers who wrote the Declaration of Independence were highly educated and intelligent people, entrepreneurs from various walks of life who believed in GOD and the freedom of religion. People today seem to think that "separation of church and state" means to keep God out of the government. WRONG! It meant that no specific religion would be considered the religion of the people of the country, such as we see in Islamic or Chinese countries that require either a devotion to a false god that overrules independent religious choice, or they completely negate God from the government, which is a religion of atheism, void of any ability to recognize one's faith. 

Thomas Jefferson was not an orthodox Christian, but he knew that the Constitution was based on Christianity and the Bible and the founding fathers all agreed that the only way a government for the people and by the people could exist was if there were enough good people whose belief in God would move them to do what was right. And the minute this stopped being the case, the nation would fail. 

The phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people" comes from Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address. It defines the democratic spirit of the U.S. Constitution, summarizing how the nation's power stems directly from its citizens. (GPB GA Studies)

But the understanding was only when it was run by people who believed in God and the principles of Christianity would it survive as an independent government, where GOD, not the government, had the final say in decision-making for the laws of the land so that fairness and justice would take precedence over individual interests and the love of power. 

And they have proven to be right. We almost lost our country to communism in 2016, but we stood up and said NO to socialism and communism and the evil attempts to overthrow our election process, and Trump won in spite of the odds.

Check out the video of Trump's celebration of freedom from Mt. Rushmore last night: Mt. Rushmore 2026 Celebration

Trump is not perfect, but he believes in God and knows the importance of putting God first and focusing on making the right moral decisions for the country moving forward.

On this 250th birthday of our nation's freedom, let us always remember that it is only when we keep our mind on doing the right thing, that we will continue to exist and not fall for the tricks that the anti-God and anarchists hope to push on the public.

On this July 4th, thank a veteran for sacrificing and risking everything so that we might live free and to always remain vigilant for the threats against our freedom so we may REMAIN free.

Here's to the next 250 years!