Current Song List

Title	Lyrics	Melody	Vocal	Genre	Score	Description/Notes
A Thin Stretch of Blue	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Pop, Folk, Country	Yes	Somber societal reflection stemming from Ferguson and Baltimore riots. Alan Jackson style vocal with simple piano and guitar arrangement. Sample topline available.
Ain’t Worth Keepin’	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Female	Country, Folk	No	Up-tempo female country. Needs high-energy, loud, unapologetic vocal.
Blake Shelton’s Hair	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Country, Humor	Partial	Yes, it’s a joke. But a well-structured humor piece for traditional country male vocal. Good cadence and flow. Written in Bb; ready to record.
Box of Pretty Things	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Female	Stage/Screen	Partial	A delusional woman recounts and excuses a life of failed relationships.
Crayons	Click for Lyrics	Yes	TBD	Stage/Screen	No	Social commentary on a woman who prefers the nightlife over her young child. Semi-free verse but flows and holds together really well. Very clear imagery using 14 actual color names from a basic Crayola crayon set.
Faster Than the Speed of Sound	Click for Lyrics	No	Male	Folk, Country	No
Getting Over You	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Country, Blues, Humor	No	Raunchy bar room country blues, needs no explanation.
Good Book and a Better Whiskey	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Country, Folk	No	Well-written philosophical perspective with a good chorus hook.
Ink and Bottle Lies	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Country	No	Descriptive look at a veiled heroin problem in a small country town.
Judgment Day Again	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Country, Americana	No	Inherited southern guilt.
Just Stay Down	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	TBD	No	Boxing metaphor for a testy relationship. Doesn’t convey/condone violence.
Last Car on the Road	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Folk, Country	No	End of the line relationship song. Long chorus but moves well with good visual emphasis. Silver Award winner at 35th annual MASC awards.
Maybe You	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Pop, R&B	No	R&B/pop drone, moves well with the current melody but only with an emotional interpreter at the mic.
Midlife, No Crisis	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Country	No
More Like You	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Folk	No	Some good phrasing here. Uptempo. Honorable mention at 35th annual MASC awards.
My Memory	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Country	No	A metaphoric stalking by a memory she thought she’d outran.
One Nightstand	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Country	No	Cheesy wordplay for the title but the lyrics back it up – it’s about the two things sitting on that one nightstand and the choice he can’t seem to make.
Rising Tide	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Folk, Stage/Screen	No	Good folk song about fate. Excellent verse phrasing and cadence.
The Time Between		Partial	Female	Folk	No	Very brief piece about two little girls confused by divorce and custody fights. Told by one of the sisters.
Too Many Starts at One	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Country	No	Inherited alcoholism is pondered, confronted, conquered.
Used to Be		Partial	Female	Country, Folk	No	Her man ain’t getting his way any more. Needs a raucous female voice.
We Didn’t Die for This	Click for Lyrics	Partial	Male	Country, Americana	No	Long-dead soldiers lament what’s become of the country for which they gave all. Good simple verses, layered chorus needs to hit hard.
What Nobody Does	Click for Lyrics	Chorus Sample	Female	Stage/Screen, Spiritual	Yes	Spiritual reflection for strong female voice; someone who really understands contrast. Quiet, unusual AABBBCC verse punctuated with sharp, building chorus and double bridge. Breakthrough song for a good amateur. Honorable mention at 35th annual MASC awards.
What’s Inside of Me	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Female	Stage/Screen/Pop	No	Rationalizing suicide.
You Can Have Austin	Click for Lyrics	Yes	Male	Country	Partial	Cliche Texas leaving lamentation but decent phrasing makes this a solid piece for a good amateur.