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Poetry & Music

  A professional drummer/percussionist and educator, Dave has collaborated on many songs that later led to him writing lyrics of his own. Most of his poems in this book (Rhythm and Rhyme) were in fact initially written as song lyrics, thus the presence of repeating choruses through out.  AMAZON USA:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495478890 AMAZON CANADA:   https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1495478890 Lillian began writing poetry as a teenager, which allowed her to express the issues and emotions from a broken home, abusive childhood and being on her own at the age of 13. Through poetry she learned how to see beyond these hurts and discover a world outside of herself, where she learned that her life really did have value and that she had a purpose to fulfill. Lillian is passionate about poetry and continues to write in this genre between marketing their books and working on new manuscripts. Join us while we share 2 poems excerpted from their book: Rhythm & Rhyme ...

Never Give Up On Your Dreams

 Never Give Up On Your Dreams * Lillian met Rosalind Winton online & invited her to drop in to share some of her experiences in producing her album, Another Direction . She invites you to visit her on Facebook as well ( facebook.com/rosalind.winton ). :) My name is Rosalind Winton and I’m a poet and song lyricist. I’ve been writing all my life.  In November 2023, my dream of writing lyrics for an album came true. It’s called ANOTHER DIRECTION. It took three years to complete and was a colossal task, but finally releasing it was an amazing feeling. I get asked a lot. “ What comes first, the lyric, or the music ?” My very short answer is “ both ”.  For the album, five of the twelve songs were ideas and melodies that my collaborator, A.J. Clarke gave me. I then wrote lyrics appropriate to the titles he gave me and fit them in to his melodies. Another six were lyrics I already had that A.J. put music to. One of them we wrote together at the same time. Some of the music a...