Artist, Author, Television Host, Producer, and Songwriter.
The Music Of Shannon Grissom - Soulful Sounds in the Key of S
Joe’s Lane seems to be a place of healing for many people, myself included. Enjoy~ Lyrics Joe’s Lane You see them come You see them go You see them leave When they want to stay Down the road Take away the pain Joe’s Lane You see them run You see them…
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I am so excited about the debut of our first music CD collaboration, Virtually Possible! The proof arrived yesterday and it sounds great! Here’s a bit of background regarding my music collaboration with Jason Shepherd: Jason Shepherd sits down with his guitar in Kentucky and records a melody. Out here in…
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I didn’t set out to write a sad song. In fact a few weeks ago I was working on a rather funky tune. And while the funky tune made me laugh, it really wasn’t ready for prime time yet, so I set it aside… for now… Recently, I’ve been waking up with fragments of…
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Just before Christmas, Jason Shepherd sent me this sweet instrumental he composed. I had visions of children tucked in to bed, drifting off to magical dreams. So I decided to write a lullaby…. Enjoy :O) You can find this song on our CD, Virtually Possible, now available on Amazon and iTunes. Lullaby …
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I must admit that when I was a child, my hero was not a sports star, nor an actor. It was Merlin the Magician of Arthurian legend. So it’s not a far stretch of my imagination to say that when I heard Jason Shepherd’s latest instrumental, it conjured up visions of medieval England. Jason’s inspiration…
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At the end of December, Jason Shepherd sent me a beautiful instrumental, Window Seat. When I asked him what inspired the title of his song, he told me a story he had heard many years ago… There were two old men in the hospital. Both were terminal. The one by the window was happy…
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Thank you so much for voting for us in the First Fest People’s Choice Award! We won! For those of you who are new to this blog, last week I nominated myself and Jason Shepherd, for virtually creating 9 songs in two months. Most of you know we have never met and have created…
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Remember The Labyrinth art project last year at Camp Pinnacles? It was a tremendously rewarding collaboration between me, volunteers, and the rural school children of San Benito County. The entire project was made possible via generous grants and or support from the Pinnacles Partnership, The E-Cubed Foundation, the San Benito County Arts Council, and RS…
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Update 1/8/11 We won! Thank you so much for your vote and support! I am soooo excited! F1rst Fest 01 honors those in the Silicon Valley that to help make Silicon Valley the “Valley of Firsts”. Well, I nominated myself and Jason Shepherd for virtually creating 9 songs in two months. Most of you know…
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Somehow it seems fitting that my last post of 2011 is a new music release. This has been a year of wondrous music expansion. Jason Shepherd sent me the guitar and harmonic tracks to this song about a week ago. At the time, I was over the top busy (even for me) and though I…
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Unbeknownst to each other, Jason Shepherd and I had been focusing on Shakespeare of late. When I tweeted a quote from Measure For Measure, Jason sent me some verses he had been collecting, with the intent of inspiring song lyrics. I extracted a few verses and the tone of the piece reflects the character Isabella’s…
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Hope Is Rising is the latest music collaboration between me and Jason Shepherd. The visual I got when I when I received the guitar file was that of a red-tailed hawk soaring high above the California coastline. Enjoy~ You can find this song on our CD, Virtually Possible, now available on Amazon and iTunes.…
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I met the lovely Melissa Alvarado at the Open Studio Preview Reception at the Blak Sage Gallery. Melissa interviewed
Where on earth can you find Monkey Made of Sockies? He's everywhere! (And selling out as fast as we can make him.) Thank you
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Leslie David filmed the opening reception at Blak Sage Gallery, and created a wonderful short video about the Open Studio
It was a day of starts and a day of finishes, and nothing in between. Larry Paddy and Maeve are finally complete. Yeah I
Wow what an incredibly creative and lively class at Southside School this week! The students have only a few weeks to go
Joe's Lane seems to be a place of healing for many people, myself included. Enjoy~ Lyrics Joe's Lane
I am so excited about the debut of our first music CD collaboration, Virtually Possible! The proof arrived
It's that time of year again, when the artists of San Benito County share their heartwork with the public! Please save
Some milestone events happen without warning and change your life forever. Others you can see coming a mile away. And you
Monkey Made of Sockies has had his portrait painted twice with the guitar. It may very well be his favorite instrument to
Special thanks go out to Jenn Ostenson and the Cerra Vista PTO for booking me for an Author Visit last month. It
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