Five Songs In Five Days

Over the past month, I've been swamped with studio work. I've enjoyed the work, but I've realized that, as a songwriter, I've neglected to pen anything new in a while. If you've been coming to Speakeasy on Wednesday's (which, you probably haven't--it's a totally different crowd) you've heard my Axis Suite. This, of course, is a collection of six jazz compositions. The last real songwriter's song that I wrote was "The Secret of Happiness." That was in September.

This week I'm opting to challenge myself to demo 5 new songs in 5 days. This should be interesting, if nothing else. I hope that from this process, I can garner one new song that I can be proud of. I hope to document this studio process here.

Although I haven't demoed any songs in the past 9 months, I should note that I've kept a dictaphone handy. Also, I've kept a yellow sketch book at my side most moments. I've written all kinds of gibberish and thoughts in this book. This is usually where lyrics come from.

So, if the creative process interests you, I hope you'll stay tuned over the next week. I'll be updating every morning with notes from the previous day's session.