It’s not necessarily emphasized, but there’s a big difference between being in a band and being a “songwriter.” Any musician will tell you, they don’t necessarily go hand in hand. One who will most definitely tell you that is Mike Derrick, a skilled and savvy pop-rock artist from San Francisco who today is debuting his brand new album Shades of You. Although he has been in various bands throughout his musical career, he never really considered himself a songwriter. His life was more geared towards being an instrumentalist, creating musical chemistry with others, travelling from city to city, touring and living life on the road. Then the pandemic came, life on the road came to a standstill, and he started drinking more heavily. When he was finally able to harness his affliction with alcohol...