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I Don’t Write the Songs

The songs write me

Photo of author taken by Tim Fall at Ignition Arts’ Clean Slate Workshop by Brennan & White

I am in the midst of writing my seventh and eighth musical, and about to start a ninth. I’ve been writing for thirty years (because I was a mere babe when I started) and probably have over 500 tunes, though I have definitely lost count. There are many from teenage years, full of fiest and fury, then from early adulthood packed with hurt…