New Blood

I have found a new co-writer. Which is not easy to do. It is much more common to get in a room with someone and find that you just don't connect.

What is equally astounding to me is that he is someone I have been intimidated by for years. Well, I guess I shouldn't say "intimidated". That says more about my baggage than about him. But he's one of those music business veterans. And he's one of the cool guys. We have struck up a friendship because we go to the same church. And because he is now dating a woman I have known since childhood.

I would have never approached him about writing together. It was his idea. Two weeks later, we are working on our 5th song. Jules has joined us on the last two. I was nervous about that, as well, because I so wanted them to hit it off. I worried for nothing because his publishers LOVE our first song together. Chalk it up to good chemistry.

I don't think I truly realized how dry I was creatively until I experienced this unexpected breath of fresh air.

To experience this breath of fresh air for yourself, go to www.myspace.com/philmadeira