A folk-acoustic song by Michael R. J. Roth, "Blood on Our Hands" received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, and features vocals by the amazing Lexi Jackson.

Listen to it here:

http://www.easyheroes.com/music/s/blood_on_our_hands1

Good news from the Austin Songwriters Group - my song "When You Found Me" was a 3rd-place winner in the bare-bones category, and received Honorable Mention in Love Songs! For more, or to listen, see my website at http://easyheroes.com, or go to CD Baby:

Pleased to learn that my lyric, "If I Step Onto That Train" won 2nd Place in the Dallas Songwriters Association lyric competition!

Thanks to the magic of Marco Delmar of Recording Arts and celloist Fred Lieder, here's a new recording of "When You Found Me" that I hope you'll enjoy.  You can listen to it or download it here:

http://www.easyheroes.com/music/s/when_you_found_me_with_cello1

I was pleased to learn that two of my songs, "Faded Beauty" and "Santa Fe" made it on the shortlist of the Your Music Out Loud Competition:

http://us15.campaign-archive.com/?u=cb2880aa2716fc30e34a0e554&id=6c18b14cf4

Winners will be announced November 17

New Song!

When You Found Me

Listen to it on the music page!

Good news!

2016 Dallas Songwriters Association Song Contest

https://dallassongwriters.org/2016-dsa-song-contest-winners/

“Hearts Wide Open“ -- First Place, Christian category

The Songwriters Association of Washington's 33rd Mid-Atlantic Song Contest

http://www.saw.org/page-1859988

“Hearts Wide Open” -- Third Place (Finalist), Gospel/Inspirational/Christian

“Blood On Our Hands” - Honorable Mention, Gospel/Inspirational/Christian

Emergency Hymns

"Were you hostage to the gun,

were you guided by the moon and the sun,

or did you just figure

you could never die.

It's so hard to understand

why the evil in the heart of a man

could fill the empty spaces

in the sky."

-- "The Getaway"