We had just moved to our new home in Shell Beach, CA and one afternoon there was an especially brilliant sunset.  I remember watching it with Kathy in my arms and thinking how fortunate we were.  As we watched the sun set fade, and sky change, the lyrics came to me.  Later that night  I sat down and the song kind of wrote itself.  Circa 2003

Beachcomber

Beautiful Sunset

When we were first married, Kathy and I spent a month bike touring around the island of Kauai and Maui in the Hawaiian Islands.  While on the island of Kauai we met a couple from Australia with whom we developed a close friendship that has lasted for over 40 years.  The lyrics of the song are based on the first time they came to visit us in the US, finally uniting our new young families.  It describes the adventures we had during their visit and how hard it was for us to say goodbye when it was time for them to return home.  Circa 1995

Half a World Away

This song was written and produced by the band Ashton Lane with lyrics inspired by me.  The band, out of Scotland, has a business model that allows fans to collaborate with them through submitted life stories or lyrics.   The lyrics I submitted to them represent the early days of Kathy and my relationship.  Circa 2021.

These Are The Days

A good friend of ours died at the very young age of 27 pancreatic cancer.  She was also a young mother and our family was crushed by the turn of events.  One night, shortly after her death, I remember sitting alone in great sadness and this song came out of my guitar.  I wanted to instill that no matter what our differences are we are we are all joined together through the cosmos from which we came and will all one day return.  Circa 1995

All is One

When I came home from work each afternoon, Kathy would be teaching dance in her home studio in the garage.  To unwind from my work day, I would walk the beach near our house, waiting for her to finish teaching.  While on one of those walks the lyrics to this song started to come to me.  When I got back home, I grabbed my guitar wrote down the lyrics and and recorded this song.  When ever I play it or hear it, I am reminded of those moments in our lives.  Circa 2006

mac's Album

Can't Wait

One day I decided to surprise Kathy and take the day off work so we could hang out together.  Unknowingly, she had other plans. So while home by myself having a  pity party (haha), and I wrote this song.  Although it was inspired by disappointment, the only part that actually happened was the misunderstanding and we spent the day apart, the rest is just poetic license!   Circa 1998

PS:  Not Kathy's favorite : )

I Still Love You

This song was inspired by a letter written by our Australian friend Lee-Anne.  The letter was written to us after she returned home to Australia following their family's three month American adventure.  They left during the warmth of our summer and were plunged into a cold Southern Australian winter.  In the letter she reminisced about our times together.  Circa 1996

Written by Brad Schultz and Steve Scudder with David Feldman on piano