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Love, Music, Madness
by Tabitha Rhys
Songwriting partners Lawson Harper and Jessa Warlow’s musical ambitions are derailed when their so-called relationship ends disastrously. However, neither Lawson nor Jessa are willing to give up on the album’s worth of soul-searing songs they wrote together—songs they’re sure are good enough to change both their lives.
Will the chemistry that fuels their creativity drive them to make the record of a lifetime, or only to absolute madness?
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I opened up the
program Tim favored and selected a file I had created in the days since our
meeting at Musso. A slamming four-on-the-floor beat filled the room. It was a
simple starter beat I’d created for the first song Jessa and I had written
together, from scratch.
Jessa turned to
me, chin cocked, guitar at the ready. “What do I do?”
“Play Estrella.
Jump in whenever you’re comfortable.”
Jesse took a
deep breath and began to strum. In no time, she was locked into the beat.
Clearly, she hadn’t abandoned our songs the way I had. She wasn’t rusty in the
least.
When Jessa added
her vocals, I shivered. I’d forgotten how full and warm her voice was. How it
rattled with just a touch of gravel on the high notes. I had also forgotten
just how good our songs were. All through the cold Gunther winter, Jessa and I
had altered them and played them back over and over, making sure the flow was
just right. The arc. The mood.
While Jessa
strummed and sang, I made adjustments to the beat. I switched up the bass tone
so it was even more thudding and added a ghostly echo to the snare. At first, I
wasn’t sure how to approach the toms, but I ended up dialing them back by
removing a few hits from the loop.
By the time
Jessa hit the bridge, I was just listening. Layered over the beat, her voice
took on a haunting quality. The result really was just as I’d imagined. A
strange, but synergistic juxtaposition.
After Jessa’s
last note, I hit the spacebar and halted the beat.
In the sudden
silence, Jessa’s eyes widened. “Lawson. I can hardly believe it. That was our
song. But it was so much more.” She shook her head.
“Should we try
out a few more options? You know, keep searching for our sound?”
“Searching for
our sound? Lawson, we just found it . . .”
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4 comments:
Sounds like a good book.
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Tammy
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Sounds like a good read. ~ Jaime Minter
Yes, please!!! I really want to read this book!!
Congrats!! Love the cover!!! Frame-able!
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