Tim Tunes
I’m Tim Rose and I’ve been writing songs for over 50 years. Each episode I’ll feature two or three songs that I’ve written over the years on a particular theme or subject or I'll interview someone who has been a key influence on me and my songwriting and performing. In the podcast I’ll explain what I am doing in each song, where they came from and the circumstances under which they were recorded. In interviews I'll explain how we met, how the interviewee became involved in music and how they influenced my work.
Episodes
53 episodes
5-8 Tret Fure - Songwriter, Performer, Teacher and Sound Engineer - Part 1
This episode’s artist career spans the decades since the early 70s all the way to today. With 18 albums and hundreds of songs, she has continued to grow and evolve over the years. Her talent and advocacy are second to none. To say she is prolif...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:08:01
Reverb-4- Friends and Dottie Lou - Fact and Fable
Next up in the Reverb series is #4. I’ve combined my second episode 1-2 Friends, published on September 8th of 2021, with episode 3-5 Dottie Lou- Fable and Fact published on August 19th of 2022. This reverb episode includes the song...
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Season 99
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Episode 4
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49:08
5-7 Tod Pronto - Singer/Songwriter, Cartoonist, and Internet Sensation
Waaay back in August of 2018 I was attending a Livingston Taylor songwriting and performing retreat at Boston University. We spent the day working on our songs and performance with Liv, Vance Gilbert and Melissa Ferrick. After dinner we all got...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:08:41
5-6 50th Episode Spectacular!
Over the past three interviews and five episodes, I was beginning to get the feeling that we were drifting too far afield of the original intent of this podcast. That is writing and performing songs. However, each of our subjects are song write...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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27:37
5-5 Debra Monk - Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation with Debra Monk. If you haven’t heard part 1 then I highly suggest you do so before listening to this episode. You won’t want to miss the stories of how she developed Broadway and off-Broadway shows with th...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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47:42
Reverb #3 - Love Songs
Hey cherished listeners, Tim Rose here. In case you haven’t already heard, I’ve re-releasing some of my previous episodes as I have discovered that these episodes are posted in mono as opposed to stereo. Now prepare yourself for this Tim Tunes ...
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Season 99
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Episode 3
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38:50
5-4 Debra Monk - Part 1
What is it that makes one a star? Is it talent? Is it perseverance? Or is it just plain hard work? Perhaps it’s all three. We’ll discuss this and much, much more in this episode’s conversation with Debra Monk.When I was studying Theater ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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51:43
Reverb #2 - Funny Songs
Hey cherished listeners, Tim Rose here. In case you haven’t already heard, I’m re-releasing some of my previous episodes as I have discovered that these episodes are posted in mono as opposed to stereo. So, I bit the bullet and ponied up for th...
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Season 99
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Episode 2
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41:46
5-3 Yaron Gershovsky - Pianist, Composer & Band Leader
In this episode we’ll interview Yaron Gershovsky. As bandleader for Manhattan Transfer for 44 of their 50 years, he has a treasure trove of knowledge and experience around performing and composing which he will share with us on this episode. Ge...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:09:48
Reverb #1 - Ted Onulak
Hey cherished listeners, Tim Rose here. In case you haven’t already heard, I’m re-releasing some of my previous episodes as I have discovered that these episodes are posted in mono as opposed to stereo. So, I bit the bullet and ponied up for th...
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Season 99
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Episode 1
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51:40
5-2 Mark Baxter - Vocal Behaviorist - Part 2 - Origin
Back in the ‘60s and early ‘70s I lived in a suburb in Maryland just over the line from Washington, DC. As it happened when we moved there in 1964, the neighborhood was largely white. Around 1969 I started forming Rock Bands with my friends. We...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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54:34
5-1 Mark Baxter - Vocal Behaviorist - Part 1
Singing is your birthright. Everyone can sing. Some of us are wounded by our experiences, by the negativity of others, and believe we can’t sing. But all of us can sing. Singing is a window to the soul. Singing with others provides ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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31:11
4-10 Christmas of the FUTURE, Future, future...
Imagine, if you will, sitting down to listen to some music and having a computer create, on the spot, a great song with meaningful, heartfelt lyrics. With melodies and harmonies that soar and lift us up. This is the promise of songs generated b...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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25:34
4-9 Politics
When I was a teen, I had a paper route delivering the Washington Post. My paper route wasn’t near my house so the route distributor, that’s the person that delivers the papers to the paperboy, would drive me and my friend Charlie up to our rout...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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25:39
4-8 Greg Chastain - 2 - Writing the Song
When people ask if the lyrics or the music comes first when writing a song, I say, "Yes, it’s both". It’s very seldom that I’ll have the concept of the song and the lyrics written before I start writing the music. Songwriting is a m...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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26:36
4-7 Greg Chastain - 1 - The Interview
In this episode I’ll interview old friend and Voices of Hope founder and president Greg Chastain in preparation for writing a song together. Greg has not only been a musical influence, including Musical Theater, but he has also inspired me and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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28:24
4-6 Tim Tunes LIVE 1
In this episode we’ll be doing something a little different than usual. I recently gave a live online concert of nine songs. It was a mix of old songs that have never been in any of my podcasts, new songs that I have never performed and request...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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40:08
4-5 The Waiting Room - Part 5
It’s with mixed emotions, some sadness, and some relief, that we come to Part 5 of the Waiting Room set of podcasts. I’ll admit I’m somewhat relieved to be at the end of this journey, but also a little sad that I’ll have to work harder to put t...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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26:12
4-4 The Waiting Room - Part 4
What happens when the end is near, and we and our loved ones are faced with the decisions on how to end a life? What if the patient is incapacitated? How do we make those final decisions for them? Do we have the courage and the presence of mind...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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30:30
4-3 The Waiting Room - Part 3
Here in the US, getting access to medical care can be very expensive and confusing. In this episode we hope to help you navigate and understand access to our health system. Then hear a positive view on all the cancer research going on. Then aft...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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27:54
4-2 The Waiting Room - Part 2
What happens when things spiral out of our control? How do we react? Do we deny that there is problem? Do we get angry? Do we try to make deal with God? Or do we do all of the above? We’ll try to find out some of those answers in this episode.<...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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26:08
4-1 The Waiting Room - Part 1
Welcome to Season 4 of the Tim Tunes Podcast. We’re starting this season with a serialized set of podcasts that encompass the music and script from my musical, “The Waiting Room”. In this episode we’ll cover three songs from the show. The first...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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26:18
3-10 Character
What is it that makes us who we are? What defines us as a person? Is it our nature or something that we learn that determines who we are? Are we who we think we are, or are we who people perceive us to be? Does it matter? I mean, who cares?...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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23:54
3-9 Songwriting - East Tennessee Valley - Part 3
Hi. I’m Tim Rose and this episode is Part 3 of my Tim Tunes podcast “Songwriting – East Tennessee Valley” where you follow along as I write and record a new song. If you have not listened to Parts 1 and 2, I highly encourage you to go back, giv...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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33:52
3-8 Songwriting - East Tennessee Valley - Part 2
Welcome back, listeners. Last time we looked at the Inspiration, the Hook, and the Body of my new song “East Tennessee Valley”. We have the basic structure of our song, the verses, and the bridge, and we made a scratch recording at the end of o...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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27:59