New Challenges, New Opportunities, and a New Outlook

So in the past few days, I’ve been talking to another writer and we have decided to work on a song or two. Of course, I am very excited. But to tell the truth, I was also very nervous. He sent me some demos to listen to and they left me speechless. This guy is on a completely different level than I am, and I was terrified to send him any of my ideas. Every time I thought I had something that might work, I talked myself out of it. So I decided to challenge myself. I decided to try to write something completely out of the ordinary (for me). The idea I came up with was a super duper sappy love song. For everyone who reads my blog on a regular basis, you know that I don’t write love songs. I have only finished one love song called “Forever or Bust” (which I may post later today), and let’s just say that “Bust” was the more accurate description.  Well, I guess “Let The Storm Roll By”, the song I co-wrote with Layton James, who released it as a single, was a love song. But anyhow…

So, with my hands shaking, I answered the phone, telling myself not to blow it. This guy was super nice, and very helpful, so I decided to just blurt out my idea and see if it was even close. And I was blown away when he said he liked the idea. Then he went into talking about the story we would need to set up, and the emotions that we needed to grab. To be honest, I was still in shock that he liked my idea. So I agreed to send him what I came up with and hung up the phone…then stared at my computer and realized that what I had didn’t wasn’t even close to what he said we needed. I was beating myself up over it for the rest of the night because this amazing writer was waiting for me to send him something, but I had nothing. Nada.  I came up with an idea for a completely different song, but that wasn’t going to help the one that we were working on. So I decided to sleep on it.

Early this morning, I had this crazy dream about how I was going down to Nashville to meet with two amazing writers. We were hanging out in this big cabin and this young guy who was there tried to ask me out and I replied… with the line that I needed for my song! I woke up with a huge smile on my face. I’m still going to polish it a little bit before sending him what I have, but that line (I’m hoping) will help to bring it all together.

Now, he may not like what I’m sending him later this morning. The line from my dream may be so far out in left field that he tosses it right away. But I woke up this morning with a smile on my face and hope in my heart. I’m more excited than ever to pick up my guitar and just take off on some crazy idea. This road I'm on may be a dead end, but by golly I'm going to enjoy every minute of the drive (And I think that will be my next song. lol).

 But alas, it’s time to get ready for work. Off I go, my friends. I may post “Forever or Bust” tonight…or I may be so excited about this new song that I can’t focus on anything else. And I’m totally okay with that!