Day 9 in the Studio

Day 9, wow it's hard to believe so much has happened in this short time frame. I am overwhelmed with pride and joy at how the project is going. To see Sammy and John work is truly incredible, I feel so blessed to be working with them. Things are progressing smoothly and quickly, but really there is no reason to rush. The flow just comes natural and as the guys are inspired with even a melody they are able to act on it immediately. I had told you yesterday that our new song was a fun lil' ditty, it has become so much more than that. We were going in a completely different direction yesterday with the lyrics. But today the song took on a whole new meaning, oh it's still a happy song, but it's a bit sentimental too. John asked me to write down the things I liked to do when I was little, my favorite color...It's amazing how these thoughts can take you right back. Our favorite thing to do was to get our skates and play roller derby. It just so happened that we were the corner house, so we had a nice long curvy sidewalk that we could ride on, it was quite a procession seeing us all in a row. As you know summer for a kid is the best, we played outside from morning till night. Making mud pies, climbing trees, playing hide n' seek, kick the can, eating sweet juicy watermelon. I think that kids now a days don't even know what it's like to have a watermelon with seeds. Although we were many (11) we always entertained ourselves and tried to stay out of our Mom's hair, but mostly we knew that if we went inside there were plenty of chores to do.

I had a nice surprise today. While writing a song about my childhood and friends I received an FB message that an old friend (actually he's younger than me) was gonna come by the Taqueria. He and his wife are Pastoring a church and are really all about outreach within the community. I told Pastor Dan that when he arrived to come on up to the studio so I could introduce him to Sammy and John. It was so nice to see him, his wife Angie, her parents, and their family. Upon seeing old friends I always get so sentimental thinking of those days. So it was the perfect way to close our day in the studio.

Sam and I spent the evening watching the movie Despicable Me with our Dusty. This is how it is, as the older children become more independent it's just us three hanging out. Riding along in the truck together we always listen to music and I gauge the music by young kids response. Dusty loved the practice cd I brought home and we heard the song about 20 times just singing along, Another great day, I hope it spills right into the weekend and throughout the coming week.

<3 and Blessings, Lizzi