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You Always Said I Love You ...

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Back in January I had an idea for a project.  I wanted to create a video of me actually writing a song - showing my writing process.  (An example of one process for one song, because I use lots of different processes when writing). I started recording on 16 January.  At that stage I had two chords and not much else.  A few days later, when walking my dog, I flipped those two chords.  The chord change was a key pivot point.  A totally different song started to emerge. A few more days passed.  I was sitting in a carpark, waiting for my wife to have her chiro appointment, and a line came to me. That line was "fall in fantasy" even though there's nothing special about the carpark! Nearly a week later, I played the song during an online critique session.  I received great feedback.  There were suggestions of the bridge needing work though, which was a feeling I'd also had. I continued writing. The song was finished on 2 Februar...