• The Weekly Songcast: One Songwriter’s Journey

    • February 2008

    Got to be Decisive

    February 22, 2008
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    I had to get a song finished by Tuesday night this week due to work commitments and it went to the wire, but the calm attitude that I could do it was the key to my success because at the eleventh hour, so to speak, song 009 just came pouring out.

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    Doing Nothing (but loving you).

    February 14, 2008
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    I’m going out on a limb this week. Not only am I posting the week’s song early (because of the date), I’m baring my sensitive side and singing a love song. It goes to show how my fear of whether I sound cool or not has diminished because this song isn’t!

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    Action

    February 8, 2008
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    A very different vibe this week. I was putting the finishing touches to two other songs and I had come to a sticking point. They were both coming along great, but just missing something and the last little bit needed wasn’t there.

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    Kit Teung (I Miss You)

    February 1, 2008
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    It’s a lament with some added optimism.

    Kit Teung – Thai for “I miss you”

    Well, actually the literal translation is “Miss”. “I miss you” is actually “Kit teung khun”, but it is often just said as “Kit teung”.

    There you are: Thai lesson over for today.

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