Songwriting Challenge - Week 4

Week 4 - Write a country tune

Wow what a fantastic exercise - this competition is certainly taking me out of my element. Not only as a songwriter but also as an instrumentalist. So far I've had to sing (Yikes), play piano and now try playing a couple guitar tracks on this tune. I did bring in a dear friend of mine, Tony Raybould, to help me lay down a vocal track.

I think my song ended up being a little too influenced by pop but after listening to a bunch of top 40 country songs I thought I'd take a stab. The song is called Believe and I tried my best to stay away from relationship topics, drinking beer, and hanging out with buddies. This song is all about giving people hope. I actually wrote this tune a while ago and will record it on a new Motown/Funk/Soul project I am doing but I thought I could tweak the song for this challenge.

Thanks so much for listening
Brian Asselin

 https://soundcloud.com/brian-asselin-music/believe

Week 3 - Learning As I Grow

Hello Everyone

Well here is week 3 and I am submitting again close to the wire.

This weeks challenge was to write a song geared towards children. I have, during my songwriting adventure, written to a particular subject before so this week I thought I had a head start - boy was I wrong. I am trying to learn to record and write at the same time which definitely has its disadvantages. Another disadvantage this week was trying to get a singer to come in and sing my melody. At the end of the day I had to do the vocals myself and saying that it was a struggle is an understatement but here it is mistakes and all - I hope you like.

Learning As I Grow

https://soundcloud.com/brian-asselin-music/learning-as-i-grow