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Jim McCarter

Jim McCarter

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Dec 13 2021

The Story of You 

    I have songs that I write by myself and song that I co-write with others. This song is called The Story of You. It was a song that I had the privilege of writing with my friend Fletcher. Hope you…

Dec 6 2021

Phone call to Heaven

    Yesterday, I started writing some lyrics. No pressure, just writing. I came up with the idea of talking to my Mom in heaven. Yeah, I know that isn't very original. Also, as in the case in alot of my writing…

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Nov 20 2021

Editing a song

     I have been writing a song this week called Coffee. The title of the song changed today. The title for the last week was Pour it out. This is part of my editing process. I have been working consistently on…

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Oct 25 2021

Three minute Song 

    Do you remember the song that Mac Davis wrote called, I Believe in Music? I really liked that song back in the day. I thought I would try to write a song that was in that lane. The name of…

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Oct 6 2021

Music stuff that goes with songwriting

     There is more to songwriting than writing a song. Let me give you some examples of other stuff I have done in the last week. I finished writing a song called Three Minute Song. After finishing it I had to…

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Oct 3 2021

Corvette Blue

    I remember the first time I heard that phrase. Jeremy and I were at Highland Body shop and he was picking out a color to paint his Mustang. The color he chose was Corvette Blue.

It was a 94…

Sep 27 2021

Vulnerability in songwriting

    I played a twenty minute set at The Stage 11 at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival. Stage 11 is a small tent (stage) in the Elm Grove camping section. I signed up for a twenty minute slot to play some…

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Sep 13 2021

Busy music week

    I am on vacation this week. I want to pack as much into a week off as I can. This is a busy music week. Today, I have two co-writing sessions scheduled. One this morning and one this afternoon. They…

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Sep 12 2021

Promises 

     I like one word song titles. I wanted to write a song about hope. We all need hope. Can you imagine a world without hope? I hope that never happens. lol I used to love to write blogs or tell…

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Aug 20 2021

The songwriting journey (things have changed)

    The songwriting journey has changed.  I used to write and share what was going on in my life and now I don't. Before I was chasing a dream and it was impossible. It felt like no one wanted to listen…

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Jul 3 2021

Shades of Gray 

     I wrote a song called Shades of Gray. No, it isn't like the Shades of Gray movies. This is a song about my Dad. A black and white type of man. Call it like it is. Kinda like an umpire…

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Jun 30 2021

The story of my life 

Thisis a song that I wrote with my friend, Fletcher. It is a song that I like but it will probably never go anywhere. It is a sad song and sad songs aren't what the songwriting gods are looking for…

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