Watching me compose this last song, Conversations With Myself, was like a scene from the movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Part of the song came to me as I was driving down Country Club Road in Minnesota. The tune was so insistent, I had to pull over and write it on a rental car map. Then when I arrived at my friends the Dietz's I had to run to my room and record the melody so I wouldn't forget.
It was about a month later before the rest of the song emerged. And when it did, it woudn't let go. For three days I worked on the song until late in the night until finally I had a version I was ready to put out to the universe. The song is about my struggle between being timid and needing to really put myself out there in order to succeed. If you have a few minutes check it out:
http://www.myspace.com/shannongrissommusic
Now I'm back to my regular painting schedule and I'm working on my music after my workday is done. The song in progress is the title song for my CD. It's called Act Your Age.
Someone asked if I was doing "too much" now that I started writing music. Nope. I feel like the hose is finally un-kinked and I'm finally running on all cylinders.
Whooohooooo!Labels: Conversations With Myself, music, Shannon Grissom
