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Amplifying Lives
“This profoundly changed my life and I can’t put my finger on exactly what it was. I guess maybe just knowing that I could express myself in a way that’s musical, or you know, just taking that layer...
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Our Partnerships Make Us Stronger
There is strength that comes with working collaboratively. It requires opening your mind and heart to different realities and possibilities. This requires comfort with uncertainty; in its essence,...
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Connections Help Pay it Forward
One of the most powerful things about making connections is that they continue to bear fruit long after the seeds are sown and can crop up in unexpected places. A remarkable example of this is how...
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The Strength Of Sharing
The power of music is undeniable. Sharing music with others gives it even greater power, and using it to create an emotional connection between returning service members and civilians is critical to...
View ArticleSongwritingWith:Soldiers Welcomes Three New Board Members
Nashville, TN – March 19, 2024 – SongwritingWith:Soldiers is pleased to announce the addition of three board members, Pepper Evans, Suzanne Hogan, and Collin McMillan. Evans, Hogan, and McMillan will...
View ArticleV3Gate Foundation Hosts SW:S Fundraiser
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE V3GATE FOUNDATION HOSTS SONGWRITINGWITH:SOLDIERS FUNDRAISER NASHVILLE, TN (January 10, 2023) – The V3Gate Foundation, whose primary goal is to support the U.S. military...
View ArticleSW:S Announces its 10th Anniversary Concert Series in New York, Boston and...
NASHVILLE, TN (August 1, 2022) – SongwritingWith:Soldiers (SW:S) has announced a slate of concerts in New York, NY; Boston, MA; and Luckenbach, TX to celebrate their 10th anniversary. The three shows...
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Breathe in and Exhale
All life happens between an inhale and an exhale… Admittedly, I did not come up with that quote. I found it printed on the inside of a chocolate wrapper at a SW:S retreat. I saved the wrapper,...
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Behind the Song – El Camino
Years after Don Navor retired from his 21-year military career, he and his wife, Kathleen, decided to walk El Camino — the 500-mile pilgrimage draws those hungry for clarity, or a sense of meditative...
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Behind the Song – Lucky Man
I signed up for SongwritingWith:Soldiers because I’m a good writer – of stories. But I didn’t think I could write a song. The email a friend sent said, “come to the Nashville retreat,” but I am not a...
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Behind the Song – ME
Rhonda Chavez was the seventh of nine siblings raised in Weymouth – one of those grayish towns couched in the Massachusetts bay, where no one seems to have any idea where to go next. When Rhonda’s...
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