Sarah Motes Ashley

Criteria for the backlog project is kind of squishy. The whole point of it was to write things that needed finishing, record things that needed uke or guitar work (a.k.a. stealth practicing), and figure out why I don’t play some things out. This one is a song that is licensed in a lot of places but somebody played the guitar track really well on the recording. Which meant I was way too uptight to try to play it myself, but I got over that.  

 

 

 

 I decided to make videos of all the songs that I haven’t finished, figured out how to play, or whatever. Here’s “Broken Star.”

 It’s like the world woke up in about 3 days. I made contact with a local venue I’ve been wanting to play and there was actually someone there who answered my message. Suddenly, instead of wondering who I shoulda have made nice with but didn’t, I had been handed two slots to fill or host myself. I actually got to reach out to other writers and invite them to play with me. I’m really not good at self-promotion but that one message that I sent made a big difference. The venue will be nice but not full, since it’s in Pigeon Forge, but both Blesser Heart and I need a Hamburg - a regular gig that isn’t make-or-break so we can get comfortable - as the Beatles did in a beat-down city with zero prestige. Pigeon Forge is no Hamburg but it is far for our fans. Of course the venue might forget my number if we don’t draw but we’ll hang on as long as we can. And then also … you know how you send out your novel or your songs or your plays and it’ll be a miracle if they get anywhere? Well maybe not f