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Send us Fan Mail What happens when things spiral out of our control? How do we react? Do we deny that there is problem? Do we get angry? Do we try to make deal with God? Or do we do all of the above? We’ll try to find out some of those answers in this episode.  I’m Tim Rose and this is Part Two of the podcast version of my musical “The Waiting Room”. I you haven’t listened to part One, I highly su...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 4 of the Tim Tunes Podcast. We’re starting this season with a serialized set of podcasts that encompass the music and script from my musical, “The Waiting Room”. In this episode we’ll cover three songs from the show. The first song establishes what the show is about. The second gives us a little bit of a look ahead and the last song digs into what the experience...

Send us Fan Mail What is it that makes us who we are? What defines us as a person? Is it our nature or something that we learn that determines who we are? Are we who we think we are, or are we who people perceive us to be? Does it matter? I mean, who cares? Several months ago I attended my high school graduation and I couldn’t help but notice that the essential thing that made each person who they...

Send us Fan Mail Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this episode is Part 3 of my Tim Tunes podcast “Songwriting – East Tennessee Valley” where you follow along as I write and record a new song. If you have not listened to Parts 1 and 2, I highly encourage you to go back, give it a listen and then come back and listen to this episode.  Welcome back, listeners. Over the last two episodes you’ve looked over my sho...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back, listeners. Last time we looked at the Inspiration, the Hook, and the Body of my new song “East Tennessee Valley”. We have the basic structure of our song, the verses, and the bridge, and we made a scratch recording at the end of our last session. In this episode we’ll create a beginning and an ending for the song. Then, we’ll create a lead sheet and get down to commi...

Send us Fan Mail For me Songwriting is never the same twice. Different parts of the song come to me at different times and in different ways.  In this episode you’ll follow along as I reveal my process for writing the song – East Tennessee Valley.  Support the show Please consider making a one time donation via the Paypal link above Or, consider becoming a monthly subscribing patron of the show he...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes there are teachers in our lives that are so influential that we can’t imagine our lives without their influence. When I was in high school, trying to figure out what to do with my life, I thought that by going to college and studying theater I could improve my stage presence and my performance as a musician. What I got was so much more than I bargained for.  In this epis...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, Tim Tuners, we’re back with Season 3 Episode 4 – Charlie Phelps, MD Musician to Physician. This conversation is with dear old friend Charlie, AKA, Dr. Charles Phelps MD. Charlie is one of my oldest friends. He’s one of those friends that when you get together with them it’s almost as if no time has passed. You immediately fall back into old familiar patterns and that unspok...

Send us Fan Mail  Dottie Lou has long been one of my most popular songs. Every band I play in wants to play it. Everyone who plays the song wants to meet Dottie. Today we’ll break down the song and try to discover what makes it so popular and, we’ll have a little chat with Dottie Lou Crisp, herself. Live and in person. And catch up with her and what she’s been doing with herself the last 30 years...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part two of a conversation with old friend Ted Onulak. A man of many talents, Ted is an accomplished saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter, blues harpist, and band leader. His band, Exit 10, can be seen in Washington DC on Monday nights at a venue called Madam’s Organ in Adams Morgan. We’ll hear more bootleg clips from the night before our talk. This episode is a conti...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is part one of a conversation with old friend Ted Onulak. A man of many talents, Ted is an accomplished saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter, blues harpist, and band leader. His band, Exit 10, can be seen in Washington DC on Monday nights at a venue called Madam’s Organ in Adams Morgan. I went there to hear the band the night before our talk. The conversation for this ep...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season Three, Episode One of the Tim Tunes Podcast. As promised, we are using a new format for this season that includes interviews with some of the people that were most influential to me along the way. This episode features an interview with my wife Marcy, arguably the most influential of all of my influencers and who is still influencing me to this day!  Hi. I’m Tim...

Send us Fan Mail In dark times it’s important to remember that this too shall pass. This episode is focused on positivity and features three of my most positive songs. It’s important not to forget the strides that we have made in the last 50 years  Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes pod cast. In this episode we’ll cover three of my most positive songs that celebrate admiration for another...

Send us Fan Mail Although dying is something that all of us will do, few have lived to talk about it. We don’t like to talk about it in any meaningful way except to say, I hope I, you, they, them, don’t die. So much of our time is spent avoiding death that we never really examine it. It’s like were driving down the road of life with a blindfold on. Humor is one way of dealing with, slash, avoiding...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is all about the notes. These are all instrumental tunes so I’ll keep the talking to a minimum. I mean, what is there to say anyway? There will be copious notes on each of the songs in the transcript section of my Buzzsprout site . I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes pod cast. In this episode we’ll cover instrumental compositions that I’ve written over the years. S...

Send us Fan Mail In my personal vocabulary, the difference between belief and faith is that belief is based on observable facts and faith is based on, well, a hope for something to be true. Now, I’m not minimizing the importance of faith. Having faith is vitally important. But faith that is unchallenged is just the unconditional acceptance of something that you accept as fact because you were told...

Send us Fan Mail Dreams are funny things. They flee from our heads almost the moment we wake up. Sometimes we may catch a fragment of a dream as we awaken. Or we may remember the entire dream for a moment, only to have it slip away. Then there are those rare dreams that stick with you.  In this episode we’ll listen to songs that were inspired by dreams. Not just dreams as in wishes, like I’ve alwa...

Send us Fan Mail Angst has gotten a really bad rap. Angst is different from your garden variety depression or ennui in that angst includes an element of hope. It’s sort of like the suffering that is required to get to a goal. Or something that is endured because it will be better on the other side.  Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes pod cast. In this episode we’ll cover three songs about...

Send us Fan Mail Ok, Ok I got the message. It’s obvious that people like funny songs. Not that I’m one to pander, but… Who am I kidding? I am one to pander, especially when it’s so obvious that my listeners like to listen to my funny stuff. A quick analysis shows that over a quarter of all of my streams come from season 1 episode 9 - Funny Songs. Unfortunately, some of my funniest songs are in my...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we’ll take a deep dive into one of my most popular songs. We’ll discover what sparked the song, talk about some of the adventures with the song, and dig into why this song is special, and how and why it’s changed over the years.  You know when you think something is one thing and then it turns out to be something entirely different. Like, when you anticipate going...

Send us Fan Mail Ho-ho-ho, Merry Christmas. Christmas Time is upon us and all around us. You can’t ignore it. From my perspective, it’s best just to dive right in. It can be glorious celebrating the birth of Jesus. God gave us his son, so I got you cufflinks.  Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes Christmas Special pod cast. In this episode I’ll cover several Christmas carols and talk about C...

Send us Fan Mail While I am loathe to give advice, especially unsolicited advice, I love to give advice in a song. It’s probably my passive-progressive way of discussing something I really don’t want to talk about. Or, maybe it’s just a way to focus attention on a topic. Whatever the case, I do seem to like giving advice in a song.  Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this is the Tim Tunes pod cast. In this epis...

Send us Fan Mail Everybody loves the blues. Which is kind of odd considering that the blues are viewed mainly as sad songs, full of pain and anguish. Maybe we feel better because that poor person has it worse than me. A little schadenfreude goes a long way. Blues songs contain all kinds of emotions and concepts including joy and humor.   Hi. I’m Tim Rose and welcome back to the first episode of se...

Send us Fan Mail Platonic love, as opposed to Romantic love, is love without benefits.  Platonic Love is the love of parents for their children. The love between siblings and the love between friends. It can also be the love for a group, a concept or a cause. Love of country, of culture or religion are also examples of Platonic love. It can even be for the love of mankind.  I’m Tim Rose and this i...

Send us Fan Mail Writing a funny song is a lot like writing a joke. You never really know if it’s funny until you play if for people. It’s best to play it for a crowd because some will get it and some may not. Laughter is infectious. It’s like yawning. If several people laugh, then other people will start laughing as well. It’s human nature. We can’t help ourselves.  Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this is t...