Adam Cole - The Piano Teacher You Wish You'd Had the First Time

This was another song I co-wrote with Bradley Cole Smith. Like Pros and Cons, this tune started out as a 45 second instrumental clip meant for a Jimmy Carter Documentary. I took it, glued it onto itself several times, and…

When I was the keyboardist in The Front Porch Session Players the bass player and I had this running gag. He’d say some nonsequitur and suggest it should be a song, and I’d write the song.

That’s how “Orlando Morning”…

After hours at the dealership I was ready to be on the road. They had parked my car at the end of the lot in this odd space that had low concrete barriers on either side. A voice in my…

I wasn’t trying to pen a Schoolhouse Rock tune, although I’d have killed to be one of those people back in the day. It started this way.

From the moment I heard Peter Wolf’s “Come As You Are,” I was…

https://open.substack.com/pub/adam108/p/i-wanted-pink-to-sing-my-song?r=8spd4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

https://open.substack.com/pub/adam108/p/prettiest-girl-that-ive-ever-seen?r=8spd4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

https://open.substack.com/pub/adam108/p/for-goodness-sakes?r=8spd4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

Can you ever find renewal?

https://substack.com/@adamthelearningcoach/note/c-257580652?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=8spd4

As a songwriter who can write both words and music, I’ll admit I was possessive of my songwriting process. By the time I realized co-writing was better in every way, it was almost too late. I had to trick myself…

https://open.substack.com/pub/adam108/p/i-keep-payin-inand-payin-in?r=8spd4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web