Revvin it up

I’ve been getting a bit more into a groove lately. Been having some great creative moments. Had my first co-write last night with our landlord/host, Warren Evans. We wrote a song about Neda, the Iranian woman who was shot this weekend in Tehran. Amazing, the power of the cellphone and the web… Went to a songwriting workshop today at BMI. It was a LOT like a countrified version of the Recording Academy in Los Angeles. Same kind of feeling, design, etc. Anyway, I was joined by 50 aspiring songwriters to listen to a 2 hour lecture from Jason Blume, arguably the world’s most well known songwriter/teacher of songwriting. It was great meeting him, for sure. I was not on my “Liz Colton” best (Liz was my mentor in college and taught us to be relentless and unstoppable in Getting Things Done. I had a moment to introduce myself during the break, but didn’t want to interrupt the several other people who apparently had the same intention. The lecture was awesome, I met a couple of producers (who are also songwriters) – so leads on the CD project (Did I mention I moved to Nashville to get an album recorded?).

Heat Index: not so bad today. Last well, since I got here, it’s been HHHHAWT. Damn. Also have a funny post for my work blog about the latest celebrity to join the peace movement: “Perez Hilton.” More on that later. Or sooner.