What did you always want to do that you haven't done yet?
Have a song I wrote recorded by a known singer. It seemed that it would happen a couple of years ago when I met the sister of Grammy winning singer Cynthia Clawson. Cynthia is mostly known as a Christian music artist, but I knew that she had always wanted to branch out into secular music. Since Rod Stewart, Carly Simon have had great success in recording songs from the 40's, and artists such as Harry Connick, Jr, Michael Buble' and Diana Krall had established themselves by singing such music, I began writing songs in that style. Little did I know that Cynthia was making plans to record such an album. I happened to meet and develop an online friendship with Cynthia's sister Patti, who loved my music. She obtained permission for me to submit material to Cynthia, who liked it, as well. It seemed like a dream come true. I even flew to Santa Fe to meet Patti. Cynthia has begun to record the album, but it does not seem likely that any of my songs will be on it. To come so close to having a dream come true, and then to have it suddenly dissipate broke my spirit. This was not the first time I came close-Michael O'Connor, whose publishing company had supplied songs for Crystal Gayle loved my songs but explained that he already had a paid writing staff, and to recoup his money he had to promote their songs. So, as much as he liked my music, he explained that I would have to write something that surpassed what was being written by his writing staff. I do have a bad quality recording of Patti Clawson, Cynthia's sister, singing one of my songs and I treasure it.