Scott Cooley's Blog

It's long overdue for me to explain to whomever might be reading this why I created and continue to maintain a website about myself (whi...

The exposure factor.  If you grew up in the Flint, MI area in the 70's & 80's like I did, chances are you didn't really know...

I suspect that I’m not the only member of Generation X who should’ve read this book while young, but didn’t, and have now rediscovered it as...

You learn interesting things about dog owners when you become one.  My wife and I recently got a golden retriever we named Lucky.  For each ...

Not sure about this whole song-per-week thing still.  One other songwriter and myself each post one online every week then do a brief criti...

The countdown continues.  It’s a permanent advertisement of an expectation for fans and for myself that I’ve established as a constant re...

It's easy to name many recording artists whose first albums were clearly better than their subsequent ones, and unfortunately, the...

I recently joined a song-per-week club where new original songs are posted online for review.  You write a song, you record it, you upload ...

I’m not interested in being famous.  I don’t have the right personality to enjoy the life of a celebrity.  That’s one reason I’ve never bee...

I guess more than anything, this blog is a lifestyle blog.  It’s about songwriting, which is something I like to do.  It’s a part of my life...

To answer this question, and relate it to my free-time hobby of writing songs and recording them, I have to express my thoughts about wanti...