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I visited Bloomington last weekend for the first time in a couple years. I wasn't around long enough to check out any live music, and I was too busy catching up with old pals to hear much about what's going on in town (other than things of immediate interest such as trendy new restaurants).

I did, however, find time to catch up with my old pal Glenn Hicks, who gave me a copy of the demo by his current band Gift Horse (available on this site). First I should say as a caveat that

Jeb asked me to re-post the text to this recent blog entry.

I’ve been thinking about songwriting lately, and it’s been a bit depressing. Although I haven’t done much songwriting in the past few years, I continue to think of myself as much as a songwriter as all of these other titles I claim these days (e.g. father, husband, attorney, teacher, blogger, old dude, etc.). Nevertheless, the way I think about the craft in general and my work in particular has changed in ways that I’l

Here's a link to a new blog I wrote, a songwriting pep talk.

http://www.bit.ly/agP3Ky