About my music …

I have been involved with music since I was about three years old, when I began singing harmony (without realizing it) to my mother’s lilting alto as she rocked me to sleep. I worked on my voice for years and have performed solo with my own country band and sung backup at charity concerts for some pretty cool cats – Charlie Daniels, among others. I studied classical piano for years and taught myself the guitar. I have also messed around with the flute, banjo and uke. And although I give myself a solid B as a performer, songwriting is actually my favorite musical expression. 

I usually co-created either in a quiet room in the back of an old house-turned-music company on Music Row in Nashville or spread out comfortably across an over-stuffed chair in a private home studio. I was considered a talented wordsmith and often brought finished lyrics to meetings – song ideas that had sprung from my own life and that I had honed at my place in California. The idea was that my writing partner for the day might find something she or he could particularly relate to and then we’d work on it together. Of course, many writers preferred to start from scratch so they could feel like the finished product was truly their own.

That collaborative process was indescribably comforting and often electric, with the ideas for and about a melody line, a particular group of words to express an idea or even just the mood or style of the piece ricocheting back and forth like living lightening. Needless to say, I didn’t write great songs with every partner – sometimes there is no chemistry. But I am quite proud with the body of my work which has so far produced 11 album cuts, a movie song and a documentary song. “More importantly, if you know my music, you know me.” 

To learn more about Cinda’s music, the people she’s met and worked with in the music industry as well as the history behind some of her lyrics, see Behind the Music. 

Featured Songs

Cinda has mastered the ability to involve the listener in the spontaneous crying, toe-tapping, hand clapping, whistling or dancing that marks great music. “The notes and the words are important but if you don’t evoke real emotion you have failed.”
Please listen to these songs. If your emotions have been moved, you can purchase the music as downloads for $1.50. To hear more Cinda music, see “Song Excerpts.”

Hotel Coupe de Ville:
Description: Living in a Cadillac “ain’t a luxury!” But when your woman throws you out, and you deserve it, what else is a man to do?
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Stories They Could Tell:

Description: Written about Roy Rogers who was Cinda’s Godfather. The song is now included as a companion piece to the Lucinda Sue Crosby’s first novel, “Francesca of Lost Nation.”
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First Kiss:
Description: This song was inspired by the loving 70 year relationship of Cinda’s grandmother and grandfather. READ MORE about this song including the story on how the angel is promoted throughout the lyrics.
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The Train Song:
Description: Cinda loves trains!!! Cinda loves trains!!!
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Favorite Artists

Cinda has worked with many people in the music business and over the years has established lasting relationships. Included in her repertoire of music favorites are recordings by friends, legends and gifted artists as well as music by people she’s never met but still admires.

We hope you will enjoy her list and take the time to post a comment. Please share with us which artists you admire and what type of songs you like and why. Cinda’s Picks