Whoa!
Now I have to live up to that?!
Damn good to see you MAB! And everyone else. Yeah Im back to being just another fish in a pond that is getting smaller. Good news is there are some local songwriters actually putting on showcases so we have a place to share our songs without having to fill 3 hours up with cover songs!
I tried really hard to get people interested and wouldnt ya know, as soon as I backed off and quit worrying about it, things got going. Fine with me!
Im just glad its going on. Marc, Ive played a round with your Old Buddy Reese Wilson and it was really good! He and Russ Stover are coming back to Nash Next weekend I think. I told them to contact you. Im not with NSAI anymore. That may change but I really needed to step away and focus on other things. Ive written some really cool songs lately that I like alot. More of a rock feel to them so closer to my roots but with the right demo and singer I think they could easily be rockin country or contemporary.
SO how are all of you? I had to get a new computer and lost alot of log in info and just got back on the ramp today. I see a couple of faces that are familiar. Marc ive been following (stalking) you on facebook so I keep fairly well updayed on your happenings. COngrats on the Bluebird round!! Thats awesome man im so happy for you! Im glad you enjoyed it!
I guess you still see Norm and Beck and Alan and all the gang so tell everyone hi! Give Tina a big Hug and Dixie too! Im still in the game but I feel like Im writing better songs than ever. Ill share some with you guys soon. I need some hard critiques to tell me of Im heading in the right direction.
Marc, recently I met a guy from a local record label. They are mid level with a few decent acts. They opened an office in Nashville but I dont know much about them. This guy emails me and wants to "talk about one of your songs". So Im thinking maybe he has an artist that needs songs and what not. You know the usual delusions of grandeur that go through our heads when we get emails like that. ( I was already writing the Grammy acceptance speech.) Anyway I call the guy and hes really cool and laid back. He says "yeah I love that song you were playing the other night". Im thinking "Cool this is going well!" He then says, " The music for that would be PERFECT for some lyrics I have"....... I say "well that song is published and isnt really available but Im happy to sit down any time and cowrite a song around your lyrics". He says "just wait til you see these lyrics YOU WILL LOVE THEM!"
Oh boy here we go.........
Seriously?
So it ends up he wants some music similar to the song I played. I said "Im open to new ideas and yes we can see about writing something kind of like that song"
SO what is the proper response to this? I dont want to sound like an ass but I feel like that was the wrong way to ask me about a song.
What do you think?
Good to be back home........
M