Beth DeSombre: Blog

Here, in one place, are all the songs I wrote for February Album-Writing Month. I’m presenting them in the order they were written, but if you want to look at the ones I think are best, they’re 4, 5, 8, and 12 – so start there. All of these versions are drafts; I’ll be revising most of them – some have even already been revised from the versions posted here. But I’m proud of them all, and would love to hear what you think

Here are my last songs (number 12, 13, and 14) written for February Album-Writing Month. The twelfth song makes it into my list of my favorite songs written this month; in fact, it might even be my favorite of all the songs I wrote this month. It started with an assignment I gave myself.

A quick post about three songs on the way to February Album-Writing Month success (she says, optimistically . . .). Let’s see, what songs haven’t I told you about yet? Here are three that I’m reasonably satisfied with, but that don’t rise to the level of favorites (I’ve got another one of those coming for the next blog post).

Although I’m officially a little bit behind schedule, I’ve completed the 7th and 8th songs for February Album-Writing Month. And they’re pretty different from each other. Song #7 is technically proficient – it has an identifiable hook, something my songs often don’t have, and is reasonably well crafted. But it doesn’t really have a soul.

Those of you playing along at home know that I’ve signed on for February Album-Writing Month, in which I attempt to write 14.5 songs (the extra half song because it’s a leap year) in the month of February. And so far I’ve stayed on track, finishing one song every two days. I’d like to get a little bit ahead of the game, but since I currently have a massive headache I figured I’d write about my two most recent songs rather than diving into the next one.