SONG BITS
Welcome to this special page! This is the area that I've created in order to provide further details on a song-by-song basis. This will include a very special photo for each song, many of them licensed through the good folks at ShutterStock photos. To me, finding the "perfect" photo that best represents exactly what sort of visual idea I had when I was inspired to write each song - is a fabulous feeling! I love these song photos, and I'm sure that you will appreciate the new addition of this page, which takes you behind-the-scenes with ideas and comments about what inspired the song.
I wanted to do some things here that I couldn't do over on the Lyrics menu page, from a design standpoint. This page will also include some "technical bits" about various recording and mixing issues that is geared primarily for my peers who also record much like I do. Those notes will gradually become more detailed, as I continue to document my own recording and mixing settings on each song. This section of my website will be a constant work in progress, as I'll stop by to update it very frequently. I hope that you'll enjoy viewing it as much as I will in creating it! ~John
Album #1 - A Pocketful Of Songs
The photo at the left represents the Cover of Album #1,
A Pocketful Of Songs.
It is designed as a LINK, so when you click on it, it will take you down a level, to a separate page - dedicated to the "bit by bit" details of each of the songs on this Album.
I was a kid 18-20, picked up an acoustic 6-string then a 12-string guitar, and started writing songs. This "Pocketful" album was all I thought there would ever be - just a collection of the tunes I began to carry around with me everywhere I went. Friends asked me to play the guitar and sing my songs, and it started being something I could share. Little did I know that the tunes would just keep on coming . . . . .
Album #2 - If You're Looking For Magic
The photo at the left represents the Cover of Album #2,
If You're Looking For Magic.
It is designed as a LINK, so when you click on it, it will take you down a level, to a separate page - dedicated to the "bit by bit" details of each of the songs on this Album.
Songs at that time period were often of magical and fantasy themes, and some friends mentioned that it seemed like I "lived in my own magical world". I was already a hopeless romantic and those sorts of songs just kept on tumbling out. This 2nd Album is a collection that continued the kinds of songs that Album-1 began.
Album #3 - Keepin' Time
The photo at the left represents the Cover of Album #3,
Keepin' Time.
It is designed as a LINK, so when you click on it, it will take you down a level, to a separate page - dedicated to the "bit by bit" details of each of the songs on this Album.
In the time period of this 3rd collection of tunes, I was dwelling often on the subject of Time - feeling as though I was drifting back and forward in time, almost like a sci-fi movie plot. I was also starting to realize that given the work and the traveling that I wanted to do, that I would never have "enough time" in my lifetime. Thus, the theme of this Album.
Album #4 - On A Wing And A Prayer
The photo at the left represents the cover of Album#4,
On A Wing And A Prayer.
It is designed as a LINK and when you click on it, it will take you down a level, to a separate page - dedicated to the "bit by bit" details of each of the songs on this Album.
This album is a collection of songs that was very much inspired, and this turned out to be a double-album volume of Contemporary Christian work that was such a joy and a privilege to write. It's always been a special hope & prayer of mine that someone, somewhere, will hear and come to know God's gift of salvation through these inspired works.
Album #7 - The Way I Think Of You
The photo at the left represents the album cover of Album #7,
The Way I Think Of You.
It is designed as a LINK, so that when you click on it, it will take you down a level to a separate page - dedicated to the "bit by bit" details of each of the songs on this Album.
The songs on this album were from several really special time periods in my life, and represent a more "mature" style of writing and of feeling, than my earlier works. Some of the themes in this album include more of a focus on actual relationship issues, some of my favorite vacation memories, the grief of loss of a dear friend, and even a song dedicated to Princess Diana who always inspired me.
