Here is the latest song challenge offered by the Minnesota Asscociation of Songwriters: . . . . . . . . Your mission this month is twofold: 1. Try creating a boundary between the production of content versus the judging…

A friend got me excited about writing short instrumentals for Video, TV etc and posting them on Pond5 ( A site catering to that type of thing). I recorded this little banjo piece this morning.

Co-Written with John Bennett. Look for more of John's music here: https://mnsongwriters.org/members/john-bennett/mediapress/ __________________________________ ALL I WANT IS YOU ©2022 by John Bennett and Greg Connor I’ll put it to you…

I C see it all Em happen on the F evening C news Am Someone G started C something G C Running for Em cover, F crying the C blues Am Your world is G just a C crumbling C It was bad Em before and it’s F getting C worse Am You think you G…

Recorded live at the MINNESOTA COFFEE TABLE with Colleen Dillon and Mark Lofgren. _________________________ I was G wondering through the woodland on a C lovely springtime G day When I Em spied him peaking at me from C behind the knurled D…

Just in time for St Patrick's Day . . . . And with any luck we might have a bonus "LIVE" Leprechaun track coming soon. The Minnesota Coffee table met and recorded a fun version last night. ________________________________________ I was…

This is a story about the Ojibwa migration to Chequamegon Bay area in Wisconsin. Inspired by a vision, the Anishinabeg (Original People) or Anishinabe (Refering to One Person) migrated west to where the food grew on the water (wild rice) and…

Sunshine fill my soul Let the blues be the first to go Sunshine can’t complain If life shows us a little rain Chorus Sunshine through the window At first morning’s light All the stars fade away When sunshine gets so bright When sunshine…

Brace yourself! This is my latest Song Challenge entry for Carl Unbehaun’s Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show: Write a song about Groundhog’s Day, a Ground Hog or Woodchuck. ______________________________________________________ Nothing better…

Here is my contribution to the January 2022 Solo Songwriting Challenge offered by the Minnesota Association of Songwriters. The goal was to take an idea from another song without plagiarizing and incorporate it in a new way. I chose a Public…

There is a story behind this song. I'll leave it at that for now. _____________________________________ Moonlight shined through the trees in the woods A barred owl called and I understood Nocturnal presence flew silently by I tried…

Happy Holidays from Minnesota

It's been a long absence from a regular daily practice of song writing. Covid and a major change in the family has distracted me for well over a year. Recently I've been lucky enough to drift back into old familiar things like wine soaked evenings…

Lemonade is an instrumental. It started as an early version of a co-written song with Mary Kealy Falk. We eventually settled on the 4th version of the project. I just couldn't let this version go without doing something with it. It's the…

When you C reach the Em point When it’s F all in the rear view C mirror And Am reflection is your G only point of C view G You C feel it Em inside When it F becomes so C clear There’s Am nothing that G you can C do F Hold on to G memories…

Social Distancing is the theme for this Holiday _________________________ It's a Christmas time of year With lights and sounds of Holiday cheer It's not like Christmas past We'll shelter in place and raise our glass Don't share the…

Recorded with Classical Guitar, Irish Whistle and Fender Jazz Bass. I wrote this a few years ago and rerecorded it this week. _______________________________ Winter Solstice Written by Greg Connor When the G days are short, and the C…

When there’s C snow on the G pumpkins Autumn leaves have all D gone And the C geese are all G flying Cause it’s time to move D on When there’s C snow on the G pumpkins We’ll sit by the Em fire We’ll C talk about our dreams, our D hope…

Here is my latest Minnesota Homebrew Radio Challenge entry: Let's write scary or creepy songs for our October 29 show--songs that'll make our listeners' skin crawl! Submit by October 28 to: minnesotahomebrew@gmail.com _________________________________…