The First 2 Songs
Every year we go through the process of writing, arranging, making demos, recording, mixing, mastering and packaging a new album. This year, since we’ve updated the website and have new capabilities, I’d like to take the chance to give you some behind the scenes information on the step-by-step process we go through.
We have actually been doing a lot of writing already and are part of the way through the process, so let me bring you up to speed.
Throughout the year, Karen and I get ideas for songs but often don’t finish the ideas until a later date. The actual song finalizing process began this year on March 16th. I put the finishing touches on a song called “I’ll Take Time For You”. This song is about how our lives become so hectic and we often neglect the important relationships in our lives. This is actually a song that I wrote to Karen, but it is a little different than most of the songs I write to Karen in that it is more of a comedy type song in the vein of Where’s the Beef, Beware of the Dogs, and A Little Bit of Sin. This song has a very different arrangement as well. Normally, songs start low and build in intensity. This song starts out in a very manic style emphasizing a hectic lifestyle and then switches to a slow ballad as the chorus rings out, “I’ll take time for you”.
That same day, I also wrote what will probably be the first song on the CD called “This Is Your Life”. It is a catchy, radio-friendly pop-rock song. The message of the song is that God has a plan for each of our lives and He has placed us where we are for a reason. We each have a different life, a different sphere of influence and now it’s time for each of us to make a difference where we live rather than complain about where God has placed us.
NEXT POST: Another huge event took place in our lives and ministry on March 16th that completely changed the direction of this album.
April 23rd, 2006