Influences:   Joni Mitchell, Nicole C Mullens, Beatles, Joan Baez, Bob Dillan, Stones, Chopin

Born in Scotland. Lived in Ohio since 1960. Math teacher by profession. Been composing piano pieces and songs all my life. Preferred genre is Christian pop, but also write secular, rock, easy listening, show tunes (unintentionally!), math songs & classical piano. Active in local Dayton-Cincinnati Songwriters. Have published 16 albums with CDBaby. My math songs have had some small success.

#1		You Are Indispensable country-folk singer-songwriter	14 Feb 1
#2		Life is Good country-folk singer-songwriter	14 Feb 2
#3		I Know You Joe blues	8 Feb 4
#4		Our Little House pop-folk singer-songwriter	16 Feb 8
#5		Couldn't Be Contained @cindyrella  pop-folk singer-songwriter tribute	11 Feb 9
#6		Going Nowhere Fast blues	8 Feb 11
#7		Life on the Island Blue spanish blues	8 Feb 12
#8		I Bend With the Wind blues singer-songwriter	7 Feb 13
#9		All I Know christian folk-pop	4 Feb 16
#10		Sandcastles @cindyrella  girl-with-piano	11 Feb 17
#11		Jigsaw Puzzle pop singer-songwriter	6 Feb 19
#12		I Miss the Christmases of My Youth sad folk-pop	7 Feb 22
#13		Finally @cindyrella  pop	11 Feb 24
#14		The Past is Fading folk-pop	8 Feb 26

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  @halfwayhome  7 weeks

  It’s been brought to my attention that the @mentions in my song posts don’t actually do anything to let that person know I’ve said anything to them. So, yes, here we are, towards the end of March, but for my own vanity and sanity, I’m responding to a now 6-week old comment you kindly left for my track Waiting Here (https://fawm.org/songs/117290/):
  "Mission accomplished! I hadn't necessarily felt that particular influence, but I have been in the midst of my 10-yearly dive back into the Beatles catalogue, so something must have rubbed off."

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  @mikeb Feb 27

  Thanks for the listens and song comments!

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  @berni1954  Feb 26

  Glad you liked my "Sailing Away" - and congrats on getting "The Cup" (see next to your name, above, if you haven't yet noticed. 😉

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  @yam655  Feb 26

  Congratulations on hitting 14!

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  @nadine Feb 26

  Thanks for your comment on my song!

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  @lizbrinker  Feb 25

  @susancantey I'm glad you enjoyed The Twelve Bar Blues! Thanks so much!

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  @oaksnprairie  Feb 25

  Thanks for listening to Downstream-- I see @lizbrinker sent you my way. She's a great writer and listener!

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  @lizbrinker  Feb 25

  Thanks for listening to Smooth It Out, @susancantey ! Here is another to check out, this one about snow shoveling, by @oaksnprairie, https://fawm.org/songs/118995/

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  @nahlej381  Feb 25

  Thanks for listening to calm down. The drums were presonus Impact drums played through an akai mpk mini with some reductive eq and compression. I like the old school samples, they’re a lot of fun to tinker with!

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  @nadine Feb 25

  Thanks for your nice comment!

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  @cindyrella  Feb 25

  Thanks and didn't he do great with my lyrics?

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  @sciren  Feb 25

  Thank you so much for you comment on "just a moment". For the drums, I use Garageband to write, and it has a really customizable drum machine built into it that I've been playing around with a lot this year. I'm glad it's sounding decent!

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  @rustyp Feb 25

  Hi Susan,
  thank you so much for stopping by and listening to my songs! 😀
  
  Those big drums came from a Kontakt sample library I have called something like "stomps claps snaps and slaps" 😀
  those sounds are the stomps of maybe 20 people in some sort of church or hall. 😀 I also added reverb and a bunch of low eq frequencies at 50 and 100 hz. 😀
  TMI? 😀
  
  If you want a link to where to get it let me know and I'll look for it. 😀 It might have been free, or really cheap. 😀

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  @bobjestes  Feb 24

  Thanks for your comments on 'I Miss My Dog'. I'm very surprised of what sometimes comes out when I sit down to write. With FAWM, I give myself the opportunity to delve into ideas I might have otherwise skipped. Although I would think about Nellie on a regular basis, I never thought of writing it down... until now. Again, thanks!

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  @porrectus  Feb 24

  Thanks for your kind words on memories change. I appreciate it

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  @daveyboy103  Feb 24

  And a fellow CELT!!

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  @daveyboy103  Feb 24

  Would you do some vocals for me Susan if I can supply you with the music? You have a very interesting voice.
  
  Now or after FAWM

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  @daveyboy103  Feb 24

  Well not really 49. Some of these are collaboration and songs I added arrangements to. Quite a few though, maybe it's the lockdown?
  
  I have always worked quickly and my production workflow tends to be very efficient.
  
  After the event I will filter out for quality but some of the collabs on here have been absolutely great. A rich pool of talented people.
  
  I will have a listen to your stuff and offer any feedback I can.

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  @jeff9  Feb 20

  Thanks so much for the kind words on Never Enough, Susan.

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  @gnashattack  Feb 20

  Thanks for the comment on "Birthday!" Just realized that you're from Cincinnati too and a teacher. I'm in Cincy and a teacher we well, currently part-time because I'm home with my kids mostly. Nice to meet a fellow Cincinnati/musician/teacher. It's a great combo:)

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  @cleanshoes  Feb 20

  Thank you so much for your comment on John. It's a high compliment to know that someone is moved by my music; extending my deepest sympathies for the loss of your brother.

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  @thefuneralcrasher  Feb 18

  Ta very much for those kind words about The Clown Song 😀

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  @jessicagraae  Feb 13

  Thanks for commenting on my Dumpster song!

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  @billgcaldwell  Feb 13

  Thanks for the comment on Presidential Blues.

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  @billgcaldwell  Feb 13

  Thanks for the comment on Coins for the Ferryman.

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  @mightyq  Feb 12

  Thanks for your generous comments!

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  @mandolinda  Feb 12

  Thank you Susan for the nice comments on Bend In The Road. Playing an instrument is relatively new in my life, and songwriting has been my hobby during COVID. I have been reliving old photographs and memories.

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  @dutch1967  Feb 12

  Thank you Susan. Much appreciated

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  @dock  Feb 12

  Thanks for your comment, and for not saying it sounded like Billy Joel, ha ha.

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  @sbs2018  Feb 11

  Thanks, Susan!

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  @dantanz1 Feb 9

  Thank you so kindly!! Much appreciated. _Dan

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  @scubed  Feb 8

  Thanks very much for your lovely comment on “These Wide Open Spaces”!

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  @theawkwardsleep  Feb 8

  Thanks for the kind comment. I’ll be back to listen. 😀

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  @cindyrella  Feb 8

  Great! No hurry

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  @candle  Feb 8

  Thank you so much for the comment on Battleship Violet. Yeah, it would work as a Soundtrack piece.
  
  See You In The Shadows…

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  @engebretsen  Feb 5

  Thx a lot for comments on "Musica Poetica No9". Much appreciated.

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  @sherrycanary  Feb 5

  Hi Susan
  Thanks for listening to my twisted song. Glad you enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun doing it...cause when you are crazy you can get away with saying anything, right? 😀

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  @grenzgaengerin Feb 4

  Thank you very much for your lovely comment

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  @nerdjealous  Feb 3

  That's a good idea!! (regarding samples) - cuts out the complicated process of getting recordings right. I may consider that for the future myself 🤠 allthabest!

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  @johnnycashpoint Feb 2

  Thanks for the heads up, Susan - it should play now, have tested it in Chrome and Edge anyway! Hope you're well j$

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  @evolvemysound  Feb 2

  Thanks for the good feedback on my song! 😀

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  @mishykatz  Feb 2

  Thank you for the comment on Lilah Danielle, much appreciated 😉
  OH and I added her picture to the lyrics if you'd like to see her

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  @erucaesounds  Feb 1

  Thanks for your kind words on 'Everything changes'

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  @thetau  Feb 1

  Retro Sally is available... So happy to see you back again