Behind the Scenes: Washington

I spent six glorious hours organizing the recording studio with the producer today. (Ken had to work.) Not only did I help rearrange furniture several times and discuss the best placement for foam panels for the best sound quality, I learned a ton, recorded a piano track for a new song, listened to Dallas work […]

The producer from Nashville is coming to my house tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock which means I have 12 hours and 24 minutes to stress out about…uh….I mean….completely panic….well, what I meant to say was…practice singing into the mic just in case he makes me sing tomorrow while he’s showing me how to use my […]

Just a little demo-singing on a Tuesday night with this cutie-patootie.

Spent all morning with this guy: I’ve talked about him before. He is my mentor, and not just because he has more musical talent in one pinky than I’ll ever have in my whole body if I practiced piano 12 hours a day. He is my mentor because he is always so encouraging and never […]

That moment when your producer (from Nashville) is super busy with another project and still takes the time to come lay down some guitar tracks for you for a song you’ve been cramming to get done before he comes to town.

Remember that time Ken recorded me singing into the microphone so he could learn GarageBand? I agreed to do it with the stipulation that no one—and I mean no one—would ever hear it, not even me. I mean it’s no secret about how petrified I am to sing in front of others. Heck, I’m afraid […]

Today, I finally uploaded the song “Peace.” This song took forever to come to fruition. I wrote the intro to this song over two years ago. Then, one night, I had my friend Katie over and ended up with a spontaneous bridge. Over 2022, I wrote three verses and a chorus, adding to my previous […]

Skip dinner on a Friday night and spend four hours in the recording studio instead with this talented musician and goofball? Why, yes please. Man, I love my life. What can I say about Elijah? A year ago, I brought one of my songs to him to ask his opinion, he helped me put a […]

The husband has been out of town for the past five days. I could have gone out shopping, but I didn’t, mainly because, well… I hate shopping. Or I could have had a rip-roaring party with a bunch of girlfriends (and when I say rip-roaring, I mean we would have played games and ate snacks). […]

Now don’t y’all be coming up to me at church or pounce on me if you see me at Costco and asking me when the song I recorded the other night is coming out. I’ve put enough pressure on myself already. It might never come out. God only knows. Not saying that as a cliché…it’s […]