My home open mic meets on Thursdays 7:30pm at The Rose Garden restaurant on 140 in Upton, Ma. Monthly, we host a Songwriting challenge in which topics are brainstormed and voted on by the audience. Once a topic has been selected by our great democratic process – the room is invited to write a song using that prompt.
Here a list of all of the songs I have written for this challenge:
April 2019 – She still gets her mail at my house
April 2019 – Millennials
March 2019 – I assumed too much, and it went badly.
February 2019 – I wanna be Betty
January 2019 – I blame Luke
December 2018 – I’m not dead yet but I think about it all the time
November 2018 – Blunt Force drama
October 2018 – Several drunken fools
September 2018 – Liquor at the Laundromat
August 2018 – I sold my house to a redneck
July 2018 – Porta-potty in a storm
June 2018 – Down on my dead uncle’s farm
May 2018 – Ebola Candy
April 2018 – I’m gonna crush these cover songs before I crush your heart
March 2018 – Leonard Cohen’s Last Words
February 2018 Quiet Now, The Women Are Speaking
December 2018 Why does hair grow where I don’t want it to
November 2017 Quicksand Jerry
October 2017 You Only Get One Chance
September 2017 Peace Love and Positivity
August 2017 Trump Tweets
July 2017 The Paul Simon Conspiracy
June 2017 Jenn Cant Save You Now
May 2017 Look into Luke’s Camera
December 2016 Ralph the Christmas Llama
November 2016 – Grab her by the pussy
September 2016 Singing Grocery Lists
August 2016 – Harry Johnson
July 2016 – She needs a new haircut and some darkness in her soul
June 2016 – My favorite knife
May 2016 – Francine comes and goes
April 2016 – I look better faux naked
March 2016 – We are riding the crest of a wave that is sure to bring us down – alas, nothing lasts forever
February 2016 – Prominent Chin
January 2016 – Your pecs are epic
November 2015 Where am I and who the hell are you
September 2015 I need a new nickname so I can be cool
August 2015 – Nightmare Rodeo
July 2015 – Does this rag smell like coloroform to you
June 2015 – Im gonna eat around the meat
May 2015 – You can touch the neck while I watch
April 2015 – Only the young die good
March 2015 – The old magician at the carnival
February 2015 – I want that time back
January 2015 – Broccoli is the Answer
November 2014 – Flying Like Iron Man
October 2014 –All The Trees Are Burning
September 2014 – My mom stole some guys shirt because she thought he was cute. She wears it sometimes. He doesn’t know