Recent Co-Writing: Erica Sunshine Lee
I met Erica Sunshine Lee just before Thanksgiving 2011 at a songwriter night in San Francisco, CA at one of my favorite venues, Rockit Room. We traded some songs, talked about doing some writing together and, finally, we made it happen. Since we’re both on the road quite a bit as working musicians without much in the way of a permanent home, we found some interesting spots to write: an outdoor park, a back room in a friend’s boutique, a friend’s house (or three), and more… crazy locations, but fun (and surprisingly productive) times given all the moving around. As it turns out, we ended up touring together through Georgia and Tennessee shortly after Thanksgiving, then sharing the stage at a few venues in Northern California, just before Christmas. It’s been a really fun collaboration and we’ve come up with some great songs, including a few duos – one of which actually won an award at the legendary Eddie’s Attic songwriter night in Decatur, Georgia while we were on tour.
Co-Writing session with Erica Sunshine Lee via Skype from New Zealand.
In late December, Erica Sunshine Lee headed over to New Zealand to do her annual tour, but that didn’t stop the writing. Just the other night, we finished an idea I had been toying around with and, then, we dusted another one last night. I hadn’t really used Skype all that much prior to this, but with the slight audio delay aside, it’s a pretty incredible way to be able to keep in touch and, of course, WRITE when two people aren’t in the same town, never mind the same country. So, we’ve been having some fun and cranking though some new tunes including a few duos. Keep your eyes peeled for something pretty special in the next few months. We just might be on to something… In the mean time, be sure to check out Erica’s music at www.EricaSunshineLee.com and stay tuned for her new release, I’m Still Me, which will be dropping in early 2012.
Gimme a room, a guitar, a capo, a tuner, some scratch paper and a laptop and it's on...
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