"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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Tonight, I'm sitting in my living room watching an American Idol contestant sing one of my songs in an audition. That's pretty surreal.
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If you look at the tiny print under the songs on a CD cover, you’ll almost always find multiple songwriter names listed. Collaboration is a big part of what we do. How does that work, you might ask?
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I’m often asked by fans what is the best way to purchase or listen to music in order to ensure that the songwriters behind it are being paid fairly…
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