Something in the air

Went to the Commodore in Nashville tonight, and sang “#Neda’s song”, got a gig in September. Also saw some great songwriters. Josh Case rocked his set with Andrew Duhon, two very different but talented songwriters. Andrew wrapped his set with an almost a cappella song save for a haunting harmonica riff and a slow and steady tambourine.

The Commodore was basically a sports bar that has a Writer’s night put on by Debi Champion, who seemed quite nice. In fact, pretty much everyone I’ve encountered in Nashville has been really friendly and open. It’s been great. Anyway, Debi booked me for September 8, so now I’ve got a gig in Nashville! W00t w00t!

I definitely come away from these Writer’s nights inspired and excited to be in Nashville, that’s for sure.

One great discovery has been the music of Josh Fuson. Josh is a fellow geek/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. He’s been producing friends EP’s and has just started writing and producing his own music. He’s signed himself up to write a song a week and post it to his site.

Well, I’m doubly inspired. Or triple-y. I’m not sure I could write AND record a new song every week (though I admit I’ve never tried and will someday) to be honest. I think it’s an impressive goal, but not sure if I’d be able to write and record a new song every week. Now recording songs I’ve already written? That’s another story.

I’ve got dozens of songs I’ve written, but I’ve only recorded a few. Tonight I set a goal of recording an actual song to be posted, and here it is: “Hold On”. It was really simple. Set up mic, plug in guitar, sing. (after hitting “record”, that is. My room has a nice natural reverb and I can’t wait to play in the bathroom. I mean… record in the bathroom.

“Hold On” is an entrant in my Sixty Songs an Hour concept, wherein I record 60 1 minute songs. I’m finding I really like this short form as a way of capturing an idea, feel and/or lyric. Anyway, I’ll be posting the few 1 minute songs I’ve got as well.

Anyway, I think I’m going to try to record 3 songs a week. Just set up mic (experiment with various mics and setups), and sing. Nothing fancy. Although I’m itching to produce. Baby steps.

So I hope you like “Hold On”.