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Beth HunterWelcome back, and thanks for stopping by.
We are gearing up for another year of Night Sky Reunion-and we will have some surprises for you! We are gathering a the movie theater in Leon, on Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m.
Winter is winter and it's almost over!
I have not written nearly as much as I thought I would. Like many writers we 'turn our writers on', by journaling. That really helps. So does keeping your phone or a digital recorder handy. Or, I really like using my journal to jot down those lines that eventually become the song hook, or a great line. Sometimes I'll get a song going and then go to my 'one liners' and fill the song out. That happens frequently. I enjoy writing comical tunes, love songs -- I am a romantic -- and lookingna t my collection - I am more of a romantic than I even thought.
One of the things that asounds me so often is I will write a song, leave it along, and within a year, an almost identical song hits the scene. It's not piracy, it's just a God thing. Since I am here, writing from the cornfield instead of the streets of Nashville, I have to take the duplication as flattering. There's that thought in my head that says -- right place, right time -- it could have been mine. Those are the moments that keep me writing.
I've had some co-writes thisyear that I love. My husband Frank and I co-wrote for the first time in mamy, many years and he's so humble --. He wrote a song in the early nineties called Coyote Band that Jay and Tammy recorded a few years ago. She did a tops job on the proudction. Her style is her style, but I dare say, she has a Karen Carpenter quality.
Tom Robinson and I co-wrote again this year and we tried some new tricks. Like, he wrote the music and I wrote the lyric. Then I wrote the lyric and he re-wrote the lyric. Then he wrote the lyric and I re-wrote the lyric. That has pushed both of us creatively and helped us to see the song through someone elses eyes.
Tom has been posting some of his originals on MySpace and getting plenty of listeners.
I've also done demo recordings for Tanna Reames. She is a creative force for sure. Her originals are getting air play overseas. So, Beth Hunter now has had airplay overseas. Wow. I'll have to ask her how we are doing on the charts these days.
I am getting better about letting the songs out--courageously. There's always that feeling of it's not good enough. It's too this, or it's too that---now would I know if I record them and never let them fall on the ears of the public--outside of my close friends and family.
One of the reasons I have not released a new project....is....the collection that I have is too diverse. It's not all country, ti's not all pop, it's not a cohesive collection of originals.
Well, then I ran across a new release by Shelby Lynne, rightly entitled Identity Crisis. Now, I can see that she--in hear greatness, has the same dilemma. She makes it work too.
I will close for now and will keep you all posted on the shows and what I know about shows vian this site.
yours in song.
Beth
We are gearing up for another year of Night Sky Reunion-and we will have some surprises for you! We are gathering a the movie theater in Leon, on Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m.
Winter is winter and it's almost over!
I have not written nearly as much as I thought I would. Like many writers we 'turn our writers on', by journaling. That really helps. So does keeping your phone or a digital recorder handy. Or, I really like using my journal to jot down those lines that eventually become the song hook, or a great line. Sometimes I'll get a song going and then go to my 'one liners' and fill the song out. That happens frequently. I enjoy writing comical tunes, love songs -- I am a romantic -- and lookingna t my collection - I am more of a romantic than I even thought.
One of the things that asounds me so often is I will write a song, leave it along, and within a year, an almost identical song hits the scene. It's not piracy, it's just a God thing. Since I am here, writing from the cornfield instead of the streets of Nashville, I have to take the duplication as flattering. There's that thought in my head that says -- right place, right time -- it could have been mine. Those are the moments that keep me writing.
I've had some co-writes thisyear that I love. My husband Frank and I co-wrote for the first time in mamy, many years and he's so humble --. He wrote a song in the early nineties called Coyote Band that Jay and Tammy recorded a few years ago. She did a tops job on the proudction. Her style is her style, but I dare say, she has a Karen Carpenter quality.
Tom Robinson and I co-wrote again this year and we tried some new tricks. Like, he wrote the music and I wrote the lyric. Then I wrote the lyric and he re-wrote the lyric. Then he wrote the lyric and I re-wrote the lyric. That has pushed both of us creatively and helped us to see the song through someone elses eyes.
Tom has been posting some of his originals on MySpace and getting plenty of listeners.
I've also done demo recordings for Tanna Reames. She is a creative force for sure. Her originals are getting air play overseas. So, Beth Hunter now has had airplay overseas. Wow. I'll have to ask her how we are doing on the charts these days.
I am getting better about letting the songs out--courageously. There's always that feeling of it's not good enough. It's too this, or it's too that---now would I know if I record them and never let them fall on the ears of the public--outside of my close friends and family.
One of the reasons I have not released a new project....is....the collection that I have is too diverse. It's not all country, ti's not all pop, it's not a cohesive collection of originals.
Well, then I ran across a new release by Shelby Lynne, rightly entitled Identity Crisis. Now, I can see that she--in hear greatness, has the same dilemma. She makes it work too.
I will close for now and will keep you all posted on the shows and what I know about shows vian this site.
yours in song.
Beth
