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Writer's Block, and Not The Good Kind...

So for the past week or so, I've sat down with a clean sheet of paper and a dozen ideas. I told myself I was going to write some killer new stuff this week. Well wouldn't you know, that paper is still blank and the ideas are in my head as I have been hit with another case of writers block. But this is the bad kind of writer's block. I don't mind the writer's block when you have no ideas, period. In fact, I prefer that kind of writer's block! Because when you have that kind of writer's block, the possibilities are endless. When you have that kind of writer's block, you can just have fun. It's like taking a road trip without a map. You just go wherever the road takes you. You stop wherever you want to stop. If you see a sign for a whiskey distillery, you say "Hell yeah!" and jump on the exit. That kind of writer'd block rocks! But I don't have that writer's block. Oh no, I have the bad writer's block. The kind where you know ...

Testify

So I sat down tonight to record and post "Hap'ly Ever After".... However, several takes later I decided to just call it a practice session and try again tomorrow. But I've been promising a new blog post for a while, so I won't put it off any longer. When I wrote this song, I started off writing about being hungover in church. Then out of nowhere I thought "oh, it'd be funny if she got the preacher drunk." And just like that this song came together. I'll probably post a recording of this one later this week too, once I get some of the kinks worked out.  Testify © 2013 Chelsey Sears It was a perfect sunday, for a pitch-in after church Yeah I sat down with my best friend, to enjoy our handiwork Nobody had a clue when they sat down for lunch That we snuck out in altar call, and spiked the punch Lets raise our dixie cups, I wanna make a toast To the good book, The Father, and The Son, and The Holy Ghost We're gonna hav...