Hello and welcome. These last two weeks have seen a tremendous improvement in my YouTube channel appearance and overall plan. I learned the value of creating playlists and tagging song videos appropriately for the playlists. I now have four playlists: Songwriter's Chair - where I talk about the origin of the song and play a bit of it; Live Performance - performances that have been captured on video in front of an audience; Studio Diary - this includes any video or images taken while recording in the studio…

The summer went by very quickly. Chuck and I were in Colorado from July 1st until August 7th. Then we were in Illinois for a 50th Anniversary Party where I played a song I wrote for the happy couple. The recording is very compressed and doesn't look great but the sound is tolerable, and the song can be understood. 

I have continued to work with my mentor, Alaura Lovelight, on building an email list and figuring out what to say to subscribers. I created a product in Canva to help incentivize people to join my…