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Remember that puzzle Ken and I did last year? The one with the missing piece? I’m sure my mom is still having a good laugh up in heaven about that. Here’s another one I inherited from her that we just finished. Well, except for that one piece, of course. I can just see her going […]

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 […]

Yeah, I’m smiling in this picture, but on the inside, I am petrified. Let me tell you what transpired before I took this picture at 11:11 p.m. last night. It’s no secret that I’m afraid to sing in front of people. I know what you’re thinking. “Is she going to start flapping her lips about […]

Today was such a surreal day. I spent six straight hours in the recording studio with these amazing people. Six hours, and the time just flew by. The people on either side of me had never sung together and when they did? Magical. So magical that I had Isaac—I’ve talked about him before—add some harmonies […]

Remember I was talking about doing a cover of a song that I love? Within three days of making that decision, this little cutie-patootie came over to my makeshift studio to “lay down the vocal track.” I notice that’s how I always refer to Megan; I just can’t help myself. I mean look at her: […]

Well, I see we did all those sandbags for nothing.

I’ve been burning the midnight oil, the one-o’clock-in-the-morning oil, the…well, you get the drift. I worked on my music—still preparing for the recording session happening all day tomorrow—until 3:30 this morning. I got four hours of sleep and went back at it again early this morning. Hope I stay awake tomorrow. 😂

That glorious moment when you’ve been trying to find the right cello sound on your recording software for days, and you suddenly and quite spectacularly realize that there was a reason you didn’t find one for that particular section of music because you were meant to play piano in a higher register right there instead, […]

I have an all-day recording session booked for this Saturday (here in Washington). In preparation, I’ve been adding little snatches of cello here and there to the songs I’m working on, rearranging the piano accompaniment in spots, figuring out synth pads (which makes it sound like I know what I’m talking about when I’m really […]

Last night Me: “Would you be interested in recording the cover of that song?” Megan: “I am pretty booked up unless we do it tomorrow.” Me: “I am teaching from 1:30 to 4:30, but the rest of the day is free.” Megan: No response. Me: *Waits patiently for response, goes in hot tub, falls asleep […]