Sometimes in the songwriting process you find yourself lucky when you find a hook, you know, a theme that resonates with you long after you've initially had the idea.
The trick in this is finding a way to create the pieces surrounding this hook to do it justice. Sometimes it takes an hour to figure out the song in full...but other times it takes a year.
In January 2010 I had one of those 'great hook' moments. And I loved it. It was one of those hooks that you hum in the shower and when you're in the candy isle at the grocery store. That kind of 'hook.'
But every time I took the time to sit down and write the rest of the song, I fell short. Can anything be more frustrating?
A month ago I sat down at the piano to practice a few songs I was playing at a show later that evening. Then, out of no where, I thought I would try to finish the untitled, unfinished, mystery song. And just like that, as if it were effortless, the melody came, then the lyrics and I performed that pieces mere hours later at the show.
And here it is, the finished product. After a year + of cocooning in my music notebook, it turned into a beautiful song :)
MUCH LOVE<3 Catch you in the flip side...
Rosie
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