Believe Your Ears: The Life of a Lyric Composer - Songwriting Inspiration & Creative Process for Musicians & Aspiring Composers

Believe Your Ears is the memoir of composer Kirke Mechem, whose unorthodox path to music provides a fascinating narrative. Along the way, readers will meet Dmitri Shostakovich, Wallace Stegner, Billie Jean King, The Grateful Dead, Benjamin Britten, Bill Tilden, and Aaron Copland—a who’s who of talent in Mechem’s storied career.

Winner of the 2016 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Musical Biography.

Each copy has been personally signed by author and composer Kirke Mechem.