I had the opportunity years ago to submit a song for a Nashville project. The opportunity came about from a recommendation to the producer by a friend of my late brother. The friend of my brother, who I had briefly met on a visit with my brother had heard a particular song I had written and he felt it met the criteria of the project. I asked if I could submit any other songs and was allowed to submit two other songs - 3 songs on a CD. The project was in its early planning stages and the song I had be asked to submit was placed on a hold situation. I heard from the producer several times over the next several months giving brief updates on the status of the project.

Then one day I received a call from the producer and he began to ask about one of the other songs I submitted. This was the first time any of my other two submissions had been acknowledged or mentioned in any manner. The producer explained that he listened to CD's that had been submitted for the project every day and normally listened to all the songs on each CD. On that particular day according to the producer, as he was driving and had my CD in, his mind wandered back in time to a girl he dated as a teenager and hadn't thought of her in years. To make a long story short, he had listened to that song probably a dozen times and it meant nothing until that day, a connection was made between his recollection and this particular song. The producer spoke with me nearly an hour dissecting this song. Going over each line of the lyrics, questioning why I chose a particular phrase or word, if the lyrics were based on real life or was it an imaginary story. He wanted to know everything about the song and story because in his mind, it matched the emotions and memories of his own experience. In this instance, a song that had been meaningless countless times before, became relevant to him in a moment. This would never have happened had he chosen another CD to listen to that day. He advised he would definitely use this song too.

Unfortunately for me, the project never was completed and neither song was recorded but I learned a lot about the nuances of songwriting from the experience.

Last edited by c_fogle; 05/10/14 08:50 PM.
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