Thursday, November 10, 2011

#7in7 and the song that came from day one


Well, it has been a ridiculously long and exhausting day – but also rewarding and encouraging. Today began #7in7, a week-long songwriters challenge of sorts. I will be joining 300+ other songwriters around the globe and committing to write one song every day for 7 days. I write music all the time, but I’ve never forced myself to stick to a deadline…so this is definitely going to stretch me musically, emotionally, spiritually. I couldn’t be more excited. I literally walked in the door today after my 10-hour workday, changed clothes, heated up some tomato soup in the microwave, and got busy writing. That was about four and a half hours ago, and I’m just now winding down. I am beat. Can barely keep my eyes open. But I’m done!

One of the conditions of this little challenge is that everyone participating must post each song online, each day. That is probably the hardest part of this whole thing for me. I am such a perfectionist and I hate to put my name on something that isn’t as close to perfect as possible. But in this case, I have no choice. That’s probably good for me too.

So friends…I introduce you to my very first #7in7 song. Please forgive any mistakes here and there (Sincerely, Perfectionista).

“When You See Me on the Water” by Sarah Colvin

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