First Recordings: I'm Here Verse 1 + Guitar (Patreon)

I like that the biggest way this song seems to have changed is just my confidence in singing it 😅

But this recording also demonstrates the typical way in which I write a song: I write one or two pieces of the song, put them to guitar, and then I practice singing that piece, but keep playing the guitar after it's done so I have an Idea of where I want it to go melodically. Sometimes I also hum or vocalize arbitrarily while I continue playing to kind of test out the waters, see what I like.

So every time I'm asked "do you write the music first, or the lyrics", the answer is: both... 😂 Granted, there are also times I do start with chords and no words. And sometimes I don't even have a plan in mind for what I want to write about 🤷‍♀️ Who needs a regular process 🙈