But, the fearless engineer calmed me with an encouraging nudge, a bottle of red wine and an internet page for me to browse, opened to thesaurus.com. It started with one word, which lead to a silly memory, which lead to a catchy line, which lead to another line that rhymed with that first line, which lead to.... another bottle of red wine and an outline of a song. But, of course, a song needs to be sung, so suddenly I was in the vocal booth, headphones on, candles lit, singing background vocals to the song. OUR song. The song I helped pen would now include my voice.It must seem like such a menial event for those who write and sing for a living, but if they can remember back to that first time it all came together -- the first time the idea turned into words, the first time the melody got stuck in their head, the first time someone helped them believe they COULD do it -- I hope they would remember some of the wonder that was created in that eternal moment.
My (first) song, Down South, is featured on my co-writer's / engineer's / producer's website and is now available for your listening pleasure here as well. I'm proud to say I can now add singer/songwriter to my own credits.