Ok…where do I begin. I have blogged a little bit about being here in Nashville but it’s my day off and I really wanted to take the time to get into a bit of detail about what I have been up to here in Nashville.

Up until yesterday, the weather has been beautiful sunny fall weather. And the visual that I will forever have burned into my memory is the vibrant orange and red leaves and the houses often built with red brick or made of wood with sweet front porches and rocking chairs. My favourite type of rocking chair here is the tall white ones. There is something so “zen” about Nashville. Not in a new age yoga kind of way but in a well rocking slowly back and forth pondering kind of way…

It was so picturesque that I almost felt like I was driving through a movie set where they were trying to represent a cliché version of what Nashville is on a set.

I had a weird moment driving in a car with Gordie Sampson who is a Canadian writer who has been very successful in Nashville most recently writing for Carrie Underwood.

I starting to trip out about it, in a good way, about the fact that I was writing with him. I mean I have been trying to write with him for over a year! I suppose persistence pays off.

And he is a very nice hard working quirky guy! I am trying to get him to come out to Vancouver for the ccmas!

I didn’t really realize how emotionally tired I was until last night. But it’s okay because I have been lucky to have the day to refuel and reflect.

It’s funny because although I am up on stage a lot and being social is a hugely enjoyable part of my music and I love it, I really am quite nervous when I meet people just one or two people at a time…one on one. Sometimes I even hyperventalate and get sweatie!

Anyways..introducing yourself and going into a small room and writing something that you really care about and want to sing forever is an intense and really exciting process!

Sometimes you just don’t know where the song is going. It’s a combo of letting go and breaking down every detail.

Anyways I have a lot of respect for these writers here. They work so hard and are so clever!!

More update later tonight..

Going for a home cooked meal at a friends house…

Happy Sunday!