Comments for Belinda Smith Creative http://www.belindasmithcreative.com Helping Creative People LEAP into their Purpose Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on The Power of a Bad Song by Melissa Bishop http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/the-power-of-a-bad-song/#comment-586 Melissa Bishop Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:18:02 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?p=752#comment-586 Thanks for this post, Belinda.Needed to hear this.

]]> Comment on Week Twelve: Completed Assignments by Bill Pillmore http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/members/week-twelve/week-twelve-completed-assignments/#comment-582 Bill Pillmore Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:54:15 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?page_id=770#comment-582 I took “Suitcase of Dreams” to our NSAI meeting for an informal listen and realized I need a verse (or 1/2 verse) to explain what I set up in the first chorus. Did not even see that coming.
Bill

]]> Comment on Week Twelve by Bill Pillmore http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/members/week-twelve/#comment-578 Bill Pillmore Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:09:51 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?page_id=767#comment-578 #2 I think the theme of this project for me is anything goes, somethings stay. (…..put that in my idea book). Just got back from a wonderful week at NSAI Songposium and I realized I still have a song to knock out this week.
Thanks Belinda – see ya on the call.
Bill

]]> Comment on Week Eleven by Kate Thompson http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/members/week-eleven/#comment-569 Kate Thompson Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:01 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?page_id=737#comment-569 My two things for last week, were, clean my house, and have dinner with my honey, ALONE! Got the first done, but then my grown up kids house flooded, and whamo, I have five extra. They have now discovered that horrible black mould, which explains why the kids have been so sick, an infestation of brown recluse spiders, and mice in the walls! Nice! Obviously I did not get dinner with my honey ALONE, I cooked for 16 instead.

Goals for this week: week 12. Write the song (done) Record the song (not yet) and Visit a birth mom in jail (again). I get to do that on Thursday morning before I fly out to chic retreat. Prayers would be nice:)

]]> Comment on The Power of a Bad Song by Maggie http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/the-power-of-a-bad-song/#comment-567 Maggie Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:41:53 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?p=752#comment-567 This is so powerful. I am so glad that in his grace, God allows things which we would deem “crappy drafts” to bring hope & comfort to someone in need. Thank you for sharing your story B!

]]> Comment on The Power of a Bad Song by deb d http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/the-power-of-a-bad-song/#comment-565 deb d Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:07:20 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?p=752#comment-565 Glad you posted this. I recently wrote a song based on the book of Hosea called Redeeming Love. One day I felt compelled to send the lyric to a friend. She writes back in minutes saying,
“Yes. I make the same stupid choice on repeat. Always APPEARS different. Morphs for where I am on that particular day. And this song? One of several blessings He’s allowed to whisper His unfailing, unwavering, unending love for me…
Unreal, Deb. Just blows me away. THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT TO ME. What, may I ask, prompted that?!”

I respond in this way, “The same One who always prompts…the Spirit. Just heard a whisper in my heart say, “Send Kelly Redeeming Love.” So I did. I had no idea why. I merely obeyed and glad I did. He pours love out on me by giving the song, then through me to show you how much he loves you. He is absolutely good!”

My point is this, a few weeks later, I had the song critiqued. The responses were varied, but I heard, “What exactly are you trying to say?” The song to them was fair at best. It didn’t matter, because Kelly knew with one read through what it was saying. God’s words, straight to her heart…
“All your bridges burning
You feel this is the end
Then He calls your name
And brings you home again”

]]> Comment on The Power of a Bad Song by Kate Thompson http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/the-power-of-a-bad-song/#comment-562 Kate Thompson Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:24:25 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?p=752#comment-562 I’m glad you didn’t change it, because to us, as we learn and craft and re-craft we see the errors. Our listening audience hears the emotion, and the intention we wrote the song for. For them, it is flawless. :)

]]> Comment on Week Eleven by Bill Pillmore http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/members/week-eleven/#comment-559 Bill Pillmore Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:14:27 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?page_id=737#comment-559 Going out to see some live music this weekend. Still thinking about the 2nd thing.
My words are The, and, if, what, and that haha

]]> Comment on Week Ten by belinda http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/members/week-ten/#comment-557 belinda Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:45:23 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?page_id=731#comment-557 Mmmmm…great list here.
-b

]]> Comment on Week Ten by Bill Pillmore http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/members/week-ten/#comment-555 Bill Pillmore Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:33:15 +0000 http://www.belindasmithcreative.com/?page_id=731#comment-555 In no special order just a few

Alfie (Burt Bacharach and Hal David)
No one in the world – Anita Baker (Ken Hirsch, Marti Sharron)
Take it from me – The Weepies (Deb Talan and Steve Tannen)
Suffer a Fool – Peter Cooper

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