About
Rick has been a singer-songwriter for over 40 years. During that time he has released 7 albums and has written hundreds of songs. In the quest to write better songs Rick worked in the music business in Nashville for nearly 20 years. Through daily exposure and interaction with great songwriters and artists much was learned about the inside art of songwriting. Rick has had many songs signed by leading industry publishers. He was chosen from thousands of songwriters to perform at the Sue Brewer Fund Showcase sponsered by The Songwriters Guild of America. Rick is a recording engineer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is still writing and has many songs signed with various licensing agencies. For a sampling of his songs please visit www.RickWickerSongs.com
Rick recently added the title of author by his name by publishing his first book "Song Ideas : 3,000 Titles, Phrases and Hooklines". This book was nearly 40 years in the making and offers all songwriters fresh ideas for creative inspiration.
Description
<p><strong><em>A tragic warrior lost in two worlds... Which one will he choose?</em></strong></p><p>The war in Iraq ended for Freddie when an IED explosion left his mind and body shattered. Once a skilled gamer as well as a capable soldier, he's now a broken warrior, emerging from a medically induced coma to discover he's inhabiting two separate realities.</p><p>The first is his waking world of pain, family trials, and remorse—and slow rehabilitation through the tender care of Becky, his physical therapist. The second is a dark fantasy realm of quests, demons, and magic, which Freddie enters when he sleeps. The lines soon blur for Freddie, not just caught between two worlds, but lost within himself.</p><p>Is he Lieutenant Freddie Williams, a leader of men, a proud officer in the US Army who has suffered such egregious injury and loss? Or is he Frederick, Prince of Stormwind, who must make sense of his horrific visions in order to save his embattled kingdom from the monstrous Horde, his only solace the beautiful gardener, Rebecca, whose gentle words calm the storms in his soul.</p><p>In the conscious world, the severely wounded vet faces a strangely similar and equally perilous mission to that of the prince—a journey along a dark road, haunted by demons of guilt and memory. Can he let patient, loving Becky into his damaged and shuttered heart? It may be his only way back from Hell.</p>
Story Behind The Book
400 Song Ideas is part of a series of books for song / lyric writers. It contains song ideas with development potential.
