Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
59 Years Old
Lyricist

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"You are the wind beneath my wings"

BIOGRAPHY

I have been a BMI lyricist for over 30 years and have won or placed with different co-writers in just about every major international song competition you can name ( John Lennon, Great American, Billboard, Unisong, International Song Contest, We Are Listening, SongWars, UK Song Competition, Durango Song Contest and many others) . I write only words and have little to no musical abilities. I have signed many publishing deals with my co-writers and have had many cuts by independent artists as well as several holds by major artists.

I currently write with several composers around the globe, but am always interested in meeting creative and professional new co-writers.

If you can write music to words and are patient enough to let me mold my words to your melodies then drop me a line. I wish all who read this a very successful musical journey.

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Country, Pop, Rock

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Rolf/Max Music, I own my own publishing

Contact

Administrative: Michael McGee

P.R.O.

BMI

INFLUENCES

Beatles Cat Stevens Paul McCartney Paul Simon Don Henley Charlie Craig Diane Warren Paul Overstreet Craig wiseman Jeffrey Steele

DAY JOB

Administrator

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

It's my second job

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics

experience >

SONG CUTS

All Independent Artists--Too numerous to list here.

SONG PLACEMENTS

None in particular yet but we have numerous songs in film/TV libraries waiting to be found by the right project.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

As far as International Song Contest Awards there are too many to list here. I have just started into master recordings for film/TV placement. We are just now starting to get nibbles. Stay tuned. Recently I was also asked by the well-known German country band "The Cripple Creek Band" to help write lyrics for their next CD. As of this writing I will have 6 songs on their November 2009 CD release.

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

Numerous indie artists cuts on CD's.

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