Ok. First, I'm glad and honored to be here amongst all of you. I'm from Jacksonville, Alabama and have lived in Birmingham since '97 when I moved here for law school. Like Marc said, I'm an trial lawyer now pursuing a singer/songwriting career of any degree or level possible. I've done creative writing since I was a young child. Wrote a few "songs" in high school for a rock band I was in & wrote a few in college. Started writing again about 2 years ago, but got more serious with my writing this past January. Performed in public for the first time in 20 years this past May at Berkley Bob's Coffee House in Cullman, Alabama, which kinda let me know "I can do this, but need to work hard to do it better." A mutual friend of Marc and I called me one day and said "If you're really serious about making it Jarrod, call this Marc Barnette and do whatever he tells you to do." Fortunately, I listened and met with Marc for the first time a little over a month ago. It was brutal, as he slashed and gutted 95% of what I'd written. Very humbling but it was the best and most helpful thing that's ever happened to me. After Marc taught me just the basics of song structure and gave me a set of do's and don'ts, songwriting has not only been more enjoyable, but easier. I've still got A LOT to improve and work on, but I can already see a new and brighter light at the end of the tunnel. I give Marc hell sometimes and don't think he appreciates or likes my sick sense of humor or sarcasm yet, but I never will be able to thank him enough for sharing what he already has with me to change the course of my songwriting aspirations. Plus, he's just an awesome damn guy. Look forward to getting to know each of you on here.
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