I try to convey different emotions," Shirley said.  "Life can't always be happy.  Life is not always sad either. You have to have a little bit of both on each CD. Each melody is a different journey.  I start with something personal in my life, then embroider the specific sounds to create the mood." "People ask me how I write the songs that I do.  I try to write songs about personal events in my life that either moved me to tears or laughter. Robert Frost once said, "If a story does not make the writer laugh or cry, it will not make anyone else laugh or cry either. I have also learned from listening to Janis Ian's music that if a song is true to an artist's heart, it will create a story picture in the listener's mind.  I strongly agree, as a songwriter, with these philosophies." "Even though I do not sing on my CD's, I do write lyrics for most of my ballads.  Lyrics helps complete the story of what each song is about.  People love something with heart," says Cason. There will always be a ballad in the Top 10."  The lyrics I write for my songs give them the opportunity for the stories to be passed along by other vocal artists that would like to sing and record them. All the songs that I eventually end up recording on my CD's are the ones I can play over and over again and never get bored with the story they tell. That is because the songs mean so much to me personally."

 

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The reason why this CD was titled "Winter Mornings" is because the inspiration for every song came to me only during the winter mornings hours by me looking at all the snow from my studio window. The beauty of winter outside made the music just flow out of me. I find that the early morning is the best time for me to record music because my "thinking" consciousness is not awake. I just record what the creative universe wants me to.

This is a good CD to light the fire and pour the wine and relax to.

Also great during reiki, candlelight bathing and while you are getting a spa massage...gently drift into your own world.