Goal: Create content for my journalism songwriting project.
✨ Last week I played a song from this project at the Cactus Cafe open mic and got positive feedback from other songwriters who also want to participate. I scheduled a day to go out and interview / write with songwriter friends and started brainstorming an in-person song swap event. I also finished a song and wrote two new songs based on stories from kids! I did that on-the-spot while they listened and it was really fun.
I've also shifted my focus this week to launching a campfire concert + barn dance night in October, which will support another one of my projects as a musician and event organizer.
I am finding (as I often do) that I make less progress with a divided focus. I am excited to wrap the journalism songwriting project this week and reflect on my different paths forward -- continuing, shifting to in-person events, tailoring to the family market.
⏩ Next Step: Gauge interest for in-person events at songwriter open mic tomorrow. Aim for one-to-two more songs interviewed, written, and recorded this week. Sketch out in more detail my different paths forward at the end of the week.