Musings from David Nash

Let's talk about pie

My mother-in-law makes great pie. All sorts. Strawberry pie in the summer. Coconut cream and pecan pie at Thanksgiving.  Oh, and delicious grasshopper pie (which is usually in a cake pan but that’s not the point).



What makes her pies…

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Exciting things are on the way!

I've been working hard on multiple fronts these days. Besides the day to day joys of family life and work, I'm working hard finishing up…. are you ready for this?…. an AUDIOBOOK version of my novel “The Man in…

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Steal. I’m begging you. 

Hi!

 

I haven’t kept up with the blog these past few months. Heck, I think it’s been longer. I’ve been busy with family, work, and my role as the chair of a folk music festival of all things. The latter…

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On Songwriting: The Oohs, Lalas, and the Blah Blah Blahs

I was watching the recent Beatles documentary, “Get Back” which gives an in depth look at the two weeks or so the Fab Four spent reuniting, writing, and rehearsing what would be their final live performance not to mention the…

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Expanding Ideas from a Song to a Novel

Several years ago, I wrote a song about a legendary folk figure of the north woods: Paul Bunyan. I wanted to see what kind of story existed besides the silly cartoon I'd grown up with. So I conjured the rhythm…

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Songwriting and Parenting: 5 tips for stoking the songwriting fire

What’s that you say? Yes! I did write a blog about Parenting and Songwriting. It was inspired by a late-night conversation with Annie Mack after her closing, Saturday night performance at the Great River Folk Festival in La Crosse, Wisconsin…

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Parenting and Songwriting: 5 tips for keeping the balance

Last weekend at the Great River Folk Festival in La Crosse, Wisconsin, I was talking with Annie Mack, an amazing performer who had just finished a spectacular closing set following performances by Chicago Farmer and Greg Gilbertson. Somehow…

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