Monday, July 16, 2012

July Song of the Month: Follow the Child

Here's the first Song of the Month! It is called "Follow the Child", and I wrote it at the Creative Pulse Music Seminar. This song is about being a Montessori teacher, where the philosophy is about being a guide and following children's interests. I wrote it in one hour as a challenge to myself. I recorded it in Pantzer Dormitory on my Garage Band program. Hope you enjoy it! Please give me feedback.


Blogger doesn't let you post Mp3s, so I had to make the song into a movie. I got the images from a Google search; they are not mine. Jerry wants me to tell all you non-musicians out there that I wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the song -- that's what "I wrote the song" means. Hugs, Zoe

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Welcome!

So here we go! Welcome to the Song of the Month Club! Song of the Month Club is the site where I will be debuting a song each month that I have written during that month. It is part of the requirements for my Master's degree for the Creative Pulse program at the University of Montana. I am committing to writing at least one song per month. When you listen to a song, please give me comments and feedback -- what did you like, what worked, what do you wish was different, and so on. That way, hopefully I will get better and better at writing good songs. Also, please give me any ideas you have for songs you think I should write. That way, this blog can be as interactive as possible! Many thanks to Karen (K2) for giving me some song ideas already.

Got back from the Pulse yesterday. My house is full of sheet rock and spackle dust from Jerry trying valiantly to fix the ceiling before I got home. Oh well. Life always seems to be a work in progress (hmm...song idea?). I'll be sending my son off to camp on Tuesday, and then plan to set up a workspace in my home (thanks again to Angela for being my inspiration!). I have been talking about having an art space/studio in my house for ages. With Zephyr gone at camp, I will be working on clearing out his old bedroom (not his current room!) to become that space. Wish me luck!