Only You

All the waiting...to finally get a song placement and then not be able to watch it! ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" aired my song "Only You," that I wrote with Matthew Perryman Jones and Eric Vinson last night (Sunday, Oct. 24th). Unfortunately, Tennessee weather decided not to cooperate and we had a bunch of tornadoes. Instead of watching "Brothers & Sisters," we ended up watching weather coverage. Sad.

LUCKILY, thanks to Steve Jobs and all the other wonderful/creative people at Mac, there is such a thing as "Facetime." We found a friend with Facetime on her iPhone and she recorded song as it was happening on her iPhone...and we kinda got to catch it that way, via Eric's iPhone. Everyone was joking how this would be the perfect Mac commercial to advertise the new iPhone: two people who have been waiting for a moment that gets destroyed, but Facetime saves the day. My sweet friend, Nicolle Clawson (who has a great blog you should check out here), captured the evening:

277/365 from Nicolle Clawson on Vimeo.

I really am lucky to have such great friends who are supportive and excited for me...and still care more about who I am than what I do.

I ended up getting up at 2:15 this morning to watch the show. ABC re-aired it to make-up for it getting bumped by the weather. So I got to see it afterall :)

Read the previous blog entry for more updates and information...

We're All Brothers & Sisters....

It's fall!!!!! I NEVER get tired of this time of year. I love leaves and pumpkins and sweaters and cider and candles and corn mazes and pumpkin patches...and lately, I've been really into Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks. It's been forever since I've written. Sorry. But I actually have a lot of great news to report!!!

Life has been crazy the last few months. This past summer brought a lot of uncertainty and confusion...which is not an altogether uncommon occurrence for someone like myself. Having a passionate/creative personality is hard when you're also person who likes stability and to know what's coming. I like the "knowns" in life. And there just aren't a lot of them...probably in any profession...but especially in music. I've been working and writing and singing and playing and recording for years. And nothing comes of it. At least it feels that way sometimes.

And then one day, out of the blue, something good happens. I can honestly say it dropped into my lap because I didn't do a darn thing. It just goes to show that Someone else is in control of it all.

So here's what happened. Last winter, Eric Vinson and I wrote with a friend of ours, Matthew Perryman Jones. We were trying to write a new song for this & that. The guys came over to my house on two different mornings for a few hours, and we sat in my living room and drank coffee and talked...and thought...and sang...and talked...and thought...and sang...and before we knew it, we had a song. It's called "Only You." Anyway, Matthew ended up recording the song for himself a few months ago and we just found out that ABC is using the song for their show "Brothers & Sisters" tomorrow night (Sunday, Oct. 24th). You should check it out if you are available...or if you have DVR...or the internet :)

And when I think back to the process of writing this particular song...it was a little awkward, to be honest. We had never all written together before, and I think there was a pressure (in my mind, at least) to come up with something great the first time, which does not always come when you force it. But I loved the ideas that came from creating the song, and the stories that molded it along the way...and in the end, I love the song we wrote.

I sang "Only You" with Matthew in July in Nashville. Here it is:


And, you can buy Matthew's version of the song here.

In other exciting news...

this & that just released a new ep on iTunes!!! It's called "Farewell to the Sun." We're really excited about this. It's a little more produced than the first ep and we had two amazing producers, Mitch Dane and Mark Drury. We are so thankful for those men and their hard work and belief in us. You can get "Farewell to the Sun," here.


I think that's all of my good news for now. I'm looking forward to the future!!!!