November 12, 2025

Welcome!

Join us for some in-person inspiration on Sunday, November 16 at 2 p.m.

We'll be in the upper classroom, as usual. Bring a song or two to share! Or just listen!

Here's where:

Artichoke Community Music

2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

Map

We won't be Zooming for this event.



Last week on Zoom:

Participants:

David W, Damn them, Future days. He had a podcast interview on Heroes Talk Nation

Ep 21 The Roundtable Where Heroes Talk 10302025 Derek Thompson and David Welch. He shared a short clip from the interview.

Robert O, The magician, Poem by Cloud, found in the Street Roots News

Carl, Just like you

Trish (host) Something went wrong

We talked about Robert's visit to a prison to share music and written words with Veteran prisoners, there were about 150 present. Wow! Way to go Robert. We (meaning me) talked about how music theory can be useful but not nessesary to just sing and play music.

Overall, we had good music and a lively, enthusiastic conversation.

At 101, WWII veteran Irving Locker has become a songwriter

https://apnews.com/article/irving-locker-creativets-wwii-veterans-7abe5f992656d5d7fdc14a02db9d7847?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=share

Irving Locker, a World War II veteran, has become a published songwriter at 101. Just before his birthday, his song “If Freedom Was Free” was released by Big Machine Label Group and CreatiVets.

And from the folks at the SSV home office:

Hey songwriters!

Join us for a master class meet up!

Mondays

3pm PT, 4pm MT, 5pm CT, 6pm ET

Click here to join the Master Class Zoom Meeting



The weekly session with our partners, Warrior Beats is on pause. We'll let you know when it's back up and running.

Look for us on Zoom on November 23 and 30. Join us!