#TunesOnTuesday shares my new lyrics to Johnny Mandel's 1950s be-bop head "Pot Luck." The title was a perfect inspiration for the words. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzsong #jazztodon #johnnymandel https://ohljazz.com/2025/09/30/tunes-on-tuesday-pot-luck/
#TunesOnTuesday shares "If You Could Fly,"' the fourth version of a song I've been tweaking for at least three years. A tribute to the value of revisiting and revising. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzmusic #jazztodon #jazzpiano #jazzsong https://ohljazz.com/2025/05/06/tunes-on-tuesday-if-you-could-fly-2/
Tunes on Tuesday: If You Could Fly

Why this tune? I wrote the first version of this week’s song at least three years ago (if not more) and have been editing it occasionally since then. This is the fourth iteration of the tune,…

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#TunesOnTuesday shares another new song that I started in February as part of the #FAWM Challenge. "Easy" is a reflection on AI and other labor-saving tools. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzpiano #jazz #jazztodon #jazzsong https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/25/tunes-on-tuesday-easy/
Tunes on Tuesday: Easy

Why this tune? I wrote this week’s tune last month during the annual February Album Writing Month at FAWM.org. The prompt for the song was “convenience,” which led to this musing …

Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter
#TunesOnTuesday shares a song from the last day of this year's FAWM challenge - I went back to my favorite classic song structure for this light ditty about "Harmony." https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/04/tunes-on-tuesday-harmony/ #songwriting #songwriter #jazz #jazzpiano #jazzsong #originalsong
Tunes on Tuesday: Harmony

Why this tune? I wrote this week’s song on the last day of this year’s February Album Writing Month (FAWM.org). FAWM is an annual virtual gathering of songwriters (amateur and pro) from…

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Day 27 of the Songwriting For M.E. January #songadaychallenge. "Trip to Paradise" is a tribute to the awesome power of the AABA form. I think it's a perfectly respectable song for Tin Pan Alley in 1928. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzsong #jazzpiano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhRunJLKYCQ
Trip to Paradise (January 2025 Song a Day Challenge Day 27)

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The start of February means the start of another February Album Writing Month (#FAWM) - another opportunity to share and collaborate with a global community of songwriters at https://fawm.org. My first effort for this year is autobiographical: a reflection on passing a significant age milestone. "At Sixty:" https://soundcloud.com/orenlevine/at-sixty #songwriter #songwriting #jazz #jazzpiano #aging #jazzsong #originalsong #melancholy #sixtyisthenewsixty
FAWM: February Album Writing Month

14 songs in 28 days. Make music. Because you can.

Not really a #SnowDay in the #washingtondc area but close enough to enjoy this song https://youtu.be/ZqM4WJ85pGo #snow #jazz #jazzsong #jazzmusic #originalmusic
Snow Day

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