ABOUT THE BOOK

Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Dana Clark has made her most important life decisions based on the desire to follow her musical adventure wherever it leads. Her songs are sometimes as serious as a heart attack, sometimes as goofy as hell, but they are always perceptive and provocative, conveying a wide range of human emotions and experiences. The lyrics in this book are guaranteed to surprise you, and to make you both laugh and cry. Most of all, Dana's songs may provide perspective on your own life experiences, for they are informed by keen insight into human behavior.

The 115 songs cover a wide range of topics, and are divided into 12 chapters: Insights from the Journey, Activism, Mother Earth, Community, Silly with a Message, Portraits, Stories, Just Plain Silly, Autobiographical Sketches, Romance, Spirituality, and For and About Children. The Bio section tells her personal story, while the introduction shares her view that in many ways, music is one of the most fundamental parts of the human experience.

Why does Dana write songs? In one of her lyrics she confesses that she can't NOT write songs! In Solitary Road she sings:

“Not a challenge I have chosen

“But a choice that's chosen me

“To express the inexpressible in words and harmony

“To search out rhyme and rhythm to reflect an honest truth

“A passionate obsession that left less of me for you

“Now I must walk a solitary road

“Following a melody only I can hear

“Something like a signal sent in code

“A compass I can count on as I navigate the years...”


 

You can hear many of Dana's songs on her website, https://danaclarkmusic.com/. 

You can listen to her recordings on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other music streaming platforms.

Dana is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.  She has a passion for writing songs that express the subtleties of human emotion and the complexities of personal relationships. Many of her songs address contemporary global issues facing humanity as a whole. Her writing is sometimes as serious as a heart attack--sometimes goofy as hell--but it's never boring. Her greatest joy is writing songs and playing them for listening audiences. Even the most discriminating of listeners--even music educators--rave about her lyrics. 

On the Chicago music scene for ten years, Dana played clubs, coffeehouses, and hotels around the city. She also traveled to perform at more than fifty colleges throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. During those years, she studied piano with Erwin Helfer, legendary for his traditional Chicago blues style, and Skip Green, one of Chicago’s most respected teachers of jazz. Since moving to San Antonio she has been teaching music and has continued to perform. 

She has played in rock bands, country groups, folk duos, jazz groups, with blues musicians, and as a solo act. This has given her the ability to compose in a wide range of styles, allowing her to mold her musical settings to fit the subject matter of her lyrics.

Her recordings include an album and four CDs of original compositions. She has her own digital recording studio in her home, where she recorded her last CD, “I'd Rather Play in the Band.” She sang all the lead and harmony vocals, played piano, guitar, mandolin, flute, and key bass. Her recordings can be purchased from this website. You can listen to her music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and all other music streaming platforms. 

In addition, she writes short stories, mostly true, mostly humorous, based on her own misadventures in a life that remains...unconventional. 



 



 


 

My Brand New CD “I'd Rather Play in the Band.”

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