Weekend Warrior
A 44-Year Musical Journey from Dream to Reality
When I began songwriting in 1980, I gave myself ten years to earn money at it. Ten years passed and with no money earned, I changed my goal. Write ten or 12 songs per year and record three or four of my favorites.
I saw no point in me competing with the likes of Diane Warren who wrote 13 songs per week, most of them hits. I defined music for myself as the harmony and rhythm in which I lived my life. The reason I am no good at writing hit songs is because, I don't really like most hit songs. I do like some of them, just not most of them.
It's fitting that my song "Weekend Warrior" is the song Billboard chose to publish a positive review for. Most creatives and writers fear working day jobs. For me, I was lucky. Some of those day jobs took me interesting places. I can write anywhere. I do not regret living an "ordinary" life.
Billboard Review Recognition
Larry Flick from Billboard commented on the sparse new age synth production, wondering what a thicker bass and rhythm track might do for the song - suggesting "Across the Board Success."
Thirty years after the first recording, I was able to deliver on that feedback. Rod Leeburg joined me on drums for a live recording and by now, I knew my way around the neck of the guitar well enough to play my own bass parts in Studio B post-production.
I have two studios: A (for live) B (for multitrack). And so I did turn that bass up.
Original 1994 Recording
The original sparse new age synth production that caught Billboard's attention.
Updated 2024 Recording
Thirty years later - with Rod Leeburg on drums and that bass turned up.