Calling All Crows now available!

My latest collection, Calling All Crows, is a more "country" style than I typically write. As I reached deep into my songwriting pockets, I gathered up a group of songs that I hope listeners will like. For me, personally, I was pleasantly surprised of the extent that I enjoyed putting this collection together! Because I tend to write in many different styles (from Folk / Americana, Rock, Faith Music, and even some New Age / World instrumentals) I wanted to make sure all the songs in this collection were similar. There's only one song in this set that is a re-do. "Little Sea Otter" first appeared on my very first release of Christian songs back in 1984. It was entitled "Rainbow Song". I always felt it was out of place on that album, and we were very limited on funding at that time of my life ... so it didn't get the creative attention that it deserved. I think we (old group, Messenger) did it with just one instrument, and a couple of maracas! Anyway, I am satisfied with the latest version on "Calling All Crows". I hope you like the newer version too.

Here's the direct link. (or you can just go to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, or Deezer and type in my name.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4AnOyu8LvVELDyxMEcZRfm?referral=labelaffiliate

I truly hope you enjoy!

RD (Ronny) Starmer

New Album Coming Next Week

I have been recently working on gathering and recording a collection of original old songs that I’m very proud of.

After I retired, I realized I had written BOOKS of original songs. Some of the best ones I shared with folks earlier in my life. But when I started going through the whole collection, I realized there were MANY that I just never got around to recording. Not because they were necessarily bad … but they just never “fit” my past projects (Messenger, etc).

Songwriting for me is kinda like journal keeping. I can read the words and remember exactly where I was … what I was going through at the time … who surrounded me, etc. And sometimes what I wrote had nothing to do with my life at all. I just heard a great phrase, or saw someone do something outstanding.

It’s also like cooking. You can create a hundred cakes before you end up with a true masterpiece. I laughed out loud at some of the stuff I had written. There were many wadded up pages in my trash can when I got finished. And I’m certain my face turned red with embarrassment as I read some of them. But it was enjoyable to see how many actually okay songs I wrote over the years. It’s been really fun for me to pick out some of the more stable ones to include in this project. I’ve never put another collection together that I like as much as this one!

Typically don’t like my own end-products, but this one is special to me somehow. Probably because it’s a country collection.

Look for “Calling all Crows” to be released on Spotify on February 12th. I hope folks enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed collecting and recording these!

Hey It’s Good to be back home again!

My wife and I just got back home from traveling to Canada. What an adventure it was!

As we gazed upon the snowy peaks of the Canadian Rockies, I couldn't help but think about the late, great, John Denver. Song after song came into our minds as we visited Jasper, Banff, and Calgary among others. Oh, how blessed we were!

I've always been inspired by the singer/songwriters like John Denver, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Donovan, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Carol King ... the list is huge. Don't get me wrong...I enjoy a good singing voice just like most folks. But, to me, it's the folks that can pen an inspirational poem and then top it off with a creative tune that inspire me most. Even the writers whose voices aren't necessarily polished and perfect inspire me more than those folks who sing tunes that weren't penned by them. There's just something that speaks to me more when a creator presents a song inspired by something that happened in their own lives.

I consider myself a songwriter more than a singer. I'm no Kris Kristofferson, but my songs do come from my personal experiences. I absolutely love being inspired by something and then putting that inspiration into a tune. I don't write books, songs, or poems for the money. I certainly don't do it for fame. But I do enjoy sharing my creations with others.

That said, just released two new collections of songs earlier this year and published my first book, Zuvia, on Amazon as well. If just one other person hears my music or reads my book ... and from that, gets inspired to create something themselves... or hears something that perhaps helps them to cope with an addiction ... or if just one person smiles while reading or listening... THAT is what makes me fly. Just one person.

I hope you are able to hear something you like in my songs. I am told I have a wide variety of styles. If you have a chance, stop over at my website sometime (https:// rdstarmer.wixsite.com/zuvia) and check out my variety of music genres. The site also links to my book on Amazon and my artwork available on ArtPal. I hope I can make you smile or give you some inspiration.

Thanks for being a fan! Ronny Starmer