Category Archives: Diary
“Tender Love”
This was written during a Jill Sobule recording session. As I recall, her producer Brad Jones was working on a vocal comp and there was an hour or so of downtime. So Jill, Robin Eaton and I started to mess … Continue reading
“Imagining”
Here’s another song written in Toronto. That city has been good for my creativity. This time, I was there as part of the Creative Coalition, a weeklong event that brought songwriters together for co-writing and recording. There were about thirty … Continue reading
“Gentle Rain”
Back in the days when songwriters wore shirts and ties, there was a tradition of writing English lyrics to foreign melodies. Johnny Mercer did it for “Autumn Leaves.” Sam L. Lewis did it for “Gloomy Sunday.” Paul Anka did it … Continue reading
“You Deserve A Song”
I was in Toronto, teaching a songwriting workshop at Humber College. The special guest lecturer for the week was Ron Sexsmith. I’d always liked Ron’s records, especially his second one called Other Songs. It’s full of great tracks – “Strawberry … Continue reading
“Until”
With the release of our album Until in Italy this week, I thought I’d write about a few of the tracks. . . “Until” – I’d been watching a DVD of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, and falling madly in love … Continue reading