Behind the Scenes: Nashville

My lucky bear socks—the ones I usually wear into the recording studio (and that I forgot to bring on this trip )—apparently come in orange/purple/blue. Best souvenir ever. I guess I’ll have to come back later this year with both pairs of my lucky socks and some new songs to record.

This is me last night, wandering around the mall with Ken (as we waited for our table), oblivious to the pain about to come. I still don’t know what that was about; last time I had that kind of pain four years ago, the ER doctor suspected a kidney stone. Maybe my “episode” was caused […]

Remember when I said there’s never a dull moment with me? After our awesome recording session today, Ken took me out to dinner at the Aquarium Restaurant in the mall next to the Grand Ole Opry. Everything was going fine until we finished our meal and I made it as far as the exit out […]

Recorded my first country song this morning. Boy-howdy, that was fun. I wrote this song exactly one year ago with Jennie and Ken. It was incredible to watch the guitarist work his magic. We just met this morning and he’s one of the most talented musicians I’ve ever heard. The vocalist? Great songwriter, great singer, great […]

Wow. I just wanted to come home from the recording studio and veg with some cherry vanilla ice cream and an episode of “White Collar” on Hulu. Instead, I have spent the past three hours on Facebook responding to y’all with your comments that are coming fast and furious. Kidding. Thanks for all the love […]

Finished up two of my songs today in the recording studio. Afterward, Ken and I did an impromptu co-write session with the producer and one of his friends. It was so much fun. Finally, dinner at our favorite restaurant in Nashville to celebrate 32 years of marriage as of today. My heart is full.

I don’t know what I was so worried about. (I talked about my hesitation about recording this song in my last post.) My computer guy has a saying, “Let go and let God.” He has reminded me of it more than once. I spent nine hours in the recording studio today and it was pure […]

Getting ready to head into the recording studio for the first song. There will be crying because I can’t seem to get through a session without it. I’m a little unsure of this one. I used to like it. I know that sounds weird, but here’s how it went down. I started it January 5. […]

First time to Cracker Barrel and first time eating grits. Now, it’s time for a nap. We are party animals.

I booked an impromptu recording session and am tracking my first co-write as we speak. (If you remember, I came here in February—the last time I had a few songs recorded—and for the first time ever, I wrote a song with other people: lyrics, melody, and guitar.) I’m improvising on this keyboard with no sheet […]