Lately life has been a real balancing act. I thought I was busy when I was juggling being a performing artist with being a staff songwriter, but add being a Mom into the mix and it's a whole new cup of tea
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We all have different experiences...and especially where our childhoods are concerned. But the trick to collaborating successfully as songwriters is finding a common thread in your stories that turns them into a widely relatable song.
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Country artist Stephanie Quayle has recorded quite a beautiful version of "Drinking With Dolly". Rachel Proctor and I wrote the song together a couple of years ago, triggered by a conversation about how much fun it would've been to be a part of the movement of strong, sassy women in country music in the early '70s.
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"Demo Love" - that's an expression we use in the songwriting biz when there's something magical about the demo recording of a song.
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Recently, a fan asked me how I deal with fear. "Fear is our biggest adversary. How do you shun fear to get to where you are going? Everyone has to wake up each morning and get on with it. What is your internal talk?"
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Ok, so maybe I embarrass myself a little too often by sharing the raw material behind my songs with my email subscribers, but I just love giving people a glimpse at where songs come from. I also share things like:
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One of my favorite things about working as a songwriter in Nashville is finding brilliant collaborators. I've been blessed to work regularly with Tia Sillers, writer of the iconic song "I Hope You Dance", for over 10 years now.
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I woke up with the first verse of "Hello Heart" in my head while I was on a songwriting retreat at a cabin in the Smoky Mountains. It poured out so fast that I had to jump out of bed…
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I was 17, sitting at the kitchen table with my mom. I had tears streaming down my face. It was the first time in my life that I had to choose…
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