Expressions Along The Way (All Original )

I Would Like To Thank You:  (2002)  This song is about a woman who is still a good friend to this day. She expresses herself in a clear concise way which helps me grow to who I’ve become today.

Love In This World: (2003) As I was playing music for Unity of the Valley in Eugene, OR. this song evolved into being as I was studying in a class about the Foundations of Unity.

Marc's Thyme: (1987) I was commisioned to write 6 ragtime sounding jingles for a royalty free company to use in commercials. I wrote and delivered the segments. This one I liked so much I decided to develope it into what is now "Marc's Thyme"

Heartfelt Blues: (2016) I had been dating my now wife for about 6 months when these lyrics magicly appeared. At first I was trying to make them fit into a country style but they didn't quite work. Then I developed the turn around in a blues type and it seemed like a natural fit.

I Just Dream: (2010)  We  had a first date and the words and  music came out with no effort. I started writing and the song materialized in one sitting. The melody occurred as I was writing and I sat at the piano and was finished when I sang the words once.

Slightly Jazz:  (1973)  This song started out titled “The Non-conformist”  My dad taught me that if I just broke the rules, I would be labeled a misfit. If I followed the rules first and then broke them, it was creative genius. The song establishes a basic theme to start and ends with random flailing on the black keys within the structure. It is fun to play.

I Am The Light: (1984 - 2019) I was just getting sober and I started writing a song about my experience. All that came out was a first verse and I got a writers block. Then in 2019 I was recording a all original collaboritive gospel CD and I needed a last song to finish it. The rest of the song was written in one sitting and I recorded it the next day.

Surprise: (1971)  I was always in the shadows of a girl in my life. She was heartbroken by a breakup in her life, and I knew I was perfect for her. I just didn’t have the nerve to ask her on a date. So I wrote the song to get the nerve to see her. It never happened.

Copper Penny Rag: (1992) The Copper Penny antique furniture store held tri annual shows at the fairgrounds in Eugene Or. and hired me to play 3 Hr. stints for Fri, Sat, evenings and Sun, afternoons. After about the second year, I composed this Rag for Penny and Steve. The folks who put on the event.

So Perfectly Her:  (1973)   I was longing for my dream lover. The kind awakened by a kiss and then we ride off into the sunset and all is blissful forever. I learned to play guitar so I could sit below a balcony and serenade some lovely maiden in the moonlight under the stars.