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My Music
Before I was a Wardrobe Stylist I was a vocalist and songwriter. I still am. Here you will find a growing collection of old and new recordings of my writings. Some are 25 years old and some are newly released. Music has always been a part of who I am.
ROY ROGERS - November 2025
When my brother Dan passed away a year and a half ago, I started writing a song for him. I wrote the first line and stopped, knowing that if I waited to get through the freshness of my grief my writing would be more focused. I sat on the lyrics for a year. Dan was such a fun person and quick witted; laughter followed him wherever he went. Whether a joke, stunt, or a dare; I knew I wanted to be there. This could not be another sad song. This summer I pulled the first line out and played a horse trot rhythm at the piano and wrote the remainder of this song. I played it for John Holtze (my producer) and Percy Gutierrez (drums) and we began to build it. Whenever we got stuck, I brought us back to the horse trot. It felt right.
Dan was fifteen months younger than me. From birth to kindergarten, our days were shared while our older siblings, Janni and Jerry, were gone to school. Pretending was theatrical with Dan. He’d be Davy Crockett and wear his coon hat and carry a plastic gun to go hunting. He’d be an Olympic athlete and build an obstacle course and I’d be challenged to a race. He’d be Roy Rogers and I’d play Dale Evans. He’d ride the mop for a horse and he’d hand me the broom calling his horse “Silver” (like the Lone Ranger’s horse) because he loved to yell out “High Ho Silver Away”!
My older brother, Jerry, influenced Dan to learn to ride a bicycle early and soon the two of them were building jumps in the yard. By the time we hit 5th grade, mom was working during the days and we’d walk across the railroad tracks to a field that had dirt hills and jumps he’d speed through on his bike. By the time we moved to Nebraska, Dan was more interested in riding a dirt bike. On those summer days, we’d walk his dirt bike to the outskirts on the north side of town and once we hit gravel, we’d hop on and head towards a wooded area where there were trails and jumps throughout the trees. One time, he forgot I was on back and sped into the trails and over a jump, losing me off the back. I was stunned but I was fine. He had gotten lost in his enthusiasm.
I remember sitting in the shade of the trees and watching him soar. By the time I started to ride motorcycles (2020) Dan was having to give his up due to his illness (MSA).
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This song has brought me many smiles and it’s brought tears.
A tribute to my brother Dan: ROY ROGERS.
I would be honored if you chose to share it.
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Angels and Butterflies -September 2025
This is a new release. I wrote this song in 2011 after watching a true crime story about a child who was killed. It haunted my thoughts and I sat down at my piano and had a conversation with God. I tucked this song away until last Spring when some musician friends and I were hanging out and just playing to play. After hearing this song they encouraged me to record it. This is not theology but, I know God is good. And He cares for children most of all. The instrumentation was recorded in late June and I went into the studio to record vocals the first week of July 2025. During that time the Texas flood happened and camp Mystic was hit so hard. Several of the musicians who played on the recording texted me saying, "praying there were Angels and Butterflies". We decided we'd release this the first week in September but, on the 27th of August the shooting at Annunciation Church happened and we chose to wait two weeks. In the past two weeks the news has been heavy and depressing. So many sad events. Again I've been praying, "Lord, send your angels and butterflies".
I find comfort in knowing God cares and though we may not see with our own eyes, I pray those in need do.
Little Birdie -
I wrote "Little Birdie" in 2009 and recorded it in 2013. My mom would sing a bedtime song when I was young about a momma bird in her nest caring about her baby birds and I had that in my thoughts as my daughter was getting ready to move out on her own. I sat at my piano and wrote this song in about an hour.
By Your Wounds -
When I wrote this song I was struggling with hurts caused by "the church". Words that had been said about me that were not true. The wounds of my heart were raw. I'm a person that doesn't want to stay down when I'm blue. I seek God's help to overcome quickly. One day when I was in thought about disappointments I was asked to pray for a friend who was seriously ill. Soon after, I heard of another friend who had been in a car accident and I prayed for them. It got me thinking about how I pray for God to intervene and help these that I care about to recover and find healing. Wouldn't God want to heal our broken hearts, too? Wouldn't He want us emotionally well? That's when I asked God to heal my hurt and help me to forgive.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (KJV)
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Free -
I don't know why so many of my songs have birds in them but, there is a reoccurring theme. :) "Free" is a song I co-wrote with Marc Patch some years ago. He had this guitar part and played it for me. These were the lyrics that flowed out of me. We wrote it in an afternoon. Marc played all instrumentation and produced it. I love the line in the song that says, "You can cage the bird but, she will sing and sing she will sing".
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