I want to remember this day because I just had a blast at the recording studio with a man I met recently. He told me he was a songwriter and then asked for my number and I went to hang with him at the studio where he works and…the whole thing just blew my mind!
First off, he let me listen to some of the songs he’s working on with various artists and I was completely impressed. Then, I told him that I wanted to write a song too so we sat there and I sang the tune that was playing in my head- the hook to the song- and he played a little on his keyboard. Then one by one he added instruments, a horn, drums and cymbals and it was on!
“Add a sample like Kanye West does!” I urged him. He added one.
“I want this song to have a Missy Elliott type feel,” I said and he switched the pace of the song and added a tight base line.
“Ooh! Put a little booty music in it cuz I want women to feel good and shake their asses to this song in the club!” He then added another music mix to it and by the time we were done I was like WOW! I felt like we were in that scene on Hustle & Flow where they were in the studio mixing that song.
Man! He let me get all of my aggression out on the microphone. I recorded a few of my poems and he even let me sing one of the hooks he’s producing. It was nothing short of a miracle because I had JUST been planning to write a song to help market my book and here he is, a great guy who does that for a living and is completely enamored by me.
He shot me the line that most men say to me after they first spend time with me, “That was refreshing!” LOL!
“I’m sure it was,” I told him. “But please, when I kick into my overdrive DIVA, I expect nothing but excellence mode, remember how much fun we had tonight and forgive me.”
“Ok,” he promised as he walked me back to my car and gave me a big hug.
I adore creative people and this night was special because…he did not try to hit on me. I honestly felt like he enjoyed my company and didn’t want anything more than to hear me speak and laugh at my antics.
Ahhh…I’m an ARTIST! I’ve always wanted to be one…and I am.