James. Thank you so much. What a thrill. Last week I reached the grand old age of 84. And I have been writing for 52 years. God has blessed me with the desire to write on. Just for information purposes, I am now fighting my third battle with cancer in four years. That is how the song, There is No Fear in Faith came to be. It seems like one cannot say blessed and cancer in the same sentence but I found out you can. My medication does not make me sick and I do what ever needed. Early next month we are going in the studio with the Singing Ambassadors and Randy Duck to improve upon our song, The Higher The Mountain. So, I feel I am winning my third battle with cancer and I go for my 3rd treatment soon. My advice to songwriters: Passion, Patience, and certainly Presistence. Who better than me to come up with a funny slogan for songwriters.

Alvia Dale Sandberg got his start in music as a boy in Burns, WY., after finding his father’s guitar in a closet of their farmhouse. He learned to play by trading labor for lessons. Hard work and respect have always been important to Sandberg, and they would have an impact on his music as well.Those small-town values haven’t lost any of their luster since those early days, and Sandberg’s simple, homespun melodies reflect the hardworking sensibility that brought Sandberg from those early days playing in church, to this culmination of his dreams.
 

Since his debut LP, Farm Boy, Alvia has...

   In 1962, I started writing song lyrics.  A few years later I started my own publishing company, on a non-profit basis.  It has been a very successful company.  After all these years I have not made 5 cents of profit.  Often, I have to question the wisdom of continuing on when it seems like all I am doing is spending money.  I balanced this fact with two other things:  (1) I write for my own pleasure and (2) I may say something that will reach just one person, and who can put a price on...