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There's a good chance that you've been watching a lot of movies lately, perhaps even a few Dis...n... I mean animated feature films. In this episode, we set out to write our own Dis... n... animated feature film style song! Along the way, we sketch out a rough outline for the scene where this song would be sung, which involves our pets: Booter, Ashe, and Tommy. Dirk even wants to make it into a real movie pitch, so who knows? Maybe one day you'll hear a version of this song while sitting in a movie theater or on one of those streaming services?

We started with the relate-able idea of losing something valuable because of a dumb thing like a computer crashing, and then as per usual,  the idea for the song evolved into something much deeper. Whether it be a 6-year friendship, a serious relationship, or a 12-year career path, we each had something we had invested ourselves into simply whither away and die... So we decided to write a song about it. Enjoy! And don't worry, there are plenty of funny parts in the podcast too!

In this episode, in addition to writing a song, we write an entire movie! Okay, maybe not an entire movie, but we definitely hit on a lot of plot points for our new James Bond flick, Solar Wind! Using details from our appropriately ridiculous movie idea, we write a title sequence song that just might get us an actual movie deal!

We wanted to write a song that captured the feeling of what it's like to take a step outside the chaos of seasonal gatherings, and I believe we accomplished exactly that! Jillian came into the session, prepared with a single line, and a loose idea of what chords she wanted to play, and the end result was something very special. We think this might be our best song yet!

All three of us have experience working with children. Justin is a School Bus Driver, Jillian is a Paraprofessional for students with Special Needs, and Dirk volunteered as a High School small group leader for many years. This week we asked ourselves, what is one of the most important things we could write a song about? Justin was quick to answer, "Be Kind" and in no time and with a lot of laughs, we wrote a song that is both serious and silly. This is maybe the most fun we have ever had in one of our sessions!

Gather round little Ghostlings, take heed and listen to me! Our tale begins on Hallow's Eve, the haunting tale of Gloomy! It was a week before Halloween when we recorded this Podcast, so we wrote a song about a special little ghost named Gloomy, a ghost with social anxiety. We think it turned out pretty well.

Sometimes it’s a silly song sort of day. Jillian recently taught her students all about alliteration, which was the inspiration for this week’s song. What a wonderfully, wacky, and wonky way to write! Will it be a masterpiece? Or... Will it end up really bad? Either way, Justin definitely loves this song the most.

In this episode we discuss personality tests, a contrarian equestrian, and write a song about Signs! We are all pretty excited for you to check it out!

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Here it is, the theme song for all future episodes! Justin started fiddling on the melodica and then we combined the simple tune with the overall vision of the podcast. With just one microphone between the three of us, we started our journey into writing a new song every week! It didn’t take long for us to realize that we were onto something special. We can’t wait to release what we’ve recorded thus far!

We… are… gonna write a song!

“It’s not a phase, Mom!” shrieked the angsty teenager. In this premiere episode of our podcast, we discuss the phases of our youth and eventually wind up writing a song.