Backstory Part 2: The Bumpy Journey
Terrible, awful stage fright was hurtle #1. Doing anything else in music has been nothing but hurtles! After I started playing a few chords on guitar I started writing a few songs here and there. My family was going through a lot and it became a good outlet for me to get out whatever I was feeling. Some were ok, some were stupid, some were healing, and some were horrible- either way it was practice.
I read and studied and talked to every musician I knew to show me new stuff and teach me anything they could in 5 minutes here and there! I practiced with my voice just trying to find it and figure out exactly what I was capable of.
One day my husband came home and said he met someone and told them I sing and they set up for me to go meet a publisher/producer guy and play my songs for him to see what he thought. It was SUPER exciting, it was such a big deal for me. I went hoping for the best, but didn't quite happen that way... after I got in the truck there were lots of tears! It was brutal. It was straight, solid, not sugar coated even a little bit honesty. Those words stayed in the back of my mind for years ..."these aren't real songs, you aren't a real songwriter, you need more guitar lessons, you have a better than average voice, but nothin