Why this tune? January 15 is apparently National Bagel Day, so I couldn’t not mark the occasion with a new song. It’s also the midpoint of the January Song-a-Day Challenge organized by Sarah and Kat at Songwriting for Music Educators. They call this the “messy middle:” “The excitement of the initial challenge may have wornContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Bagel Day”
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Tunes on Tuesday: Ain’t Misbehavin’
Why this tune? This Tuesday is also Day 7 of the January Song a Day Challenge organized by the talented team at Songwriting for Music Educators. For today’s song I updated the lyrics of the American classic “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf from 1929. The song entered the public domain on JanuaryContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Ain’t Misbehavin’”
Tunes on Tuesday: Onward
Why this tune? Tunes on Tuesday posts on Wednesday this week to celebrate the new year 2025. The start of the year is also the start of the January Song a Day Challenge organized by Songwriting For Music Educators, Kat Reinhert and Sarah Gulish’s initiative to help music teachers learn the craft of songwriting. IContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Onward”
Tunes on Tuesday: Old Men
Why this tune? This week’s tune started as a project from a songwriting program I attended in 2016. We were tasked to write music to a poem. I found a short poem by Ogden Nash, “Old Men,” a short and powerful meditation on aging and how we view the elderly. I tried a few optionsContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Old Men”
Tunes on Tuesday: Early Start
Why this tune? This week I’m sharing a new song in progress. The FAWM (February Album Writing Month) community is inspiring me to write new songs at an accelerated pace this month. This song started as an idea about the pleasures of an early morning walk. I wrote a chorus pretty quickly, but then struggledContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Early Start”
Tunes on Tuesday: This House Is Empty Now
Why this tune? This week we celebrate the life and work of the great American composer Burt Bacharach, who passed on Feb. 8, 2023. He’s best known for the many songs he wrote with lyricist Hal David in the 1960s, many performed first (and written for) Dionne Warwick. You’re sure to have heard “Walk OnContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: This House Is Empty Now”
Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter 