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We wrote a song about those peaceful moments that catch us by surprise. Often these moments of pause will provide all kinds of therapy to the soul, whether it be inspiration or simple clarity. We believe the end product we created is something beautiful and perfect listening for those moments between moments that we are all blessed to find on occasion. Sit back, relax, and enjoy our latest song!

We love teachers! They are super important and we've all had a number of professors who made a lifelong impact on us. However, this isn't always the case. In this episode, we talk about some of our experiences growing up as well as some of the current shortcomings of the modern education system. In the end, with limited time, we wrote a fun song with a catchy chorus and we hope you enjoy it! Again, we can't stress this enough, we love teachers!

After two months of not being able to meet together, we finally returned to the studio! Would we do a song about the quarantine? The angst of being socially distanced? A "Call to Arms" type song? Well, Justin is a pretty big fan of metal and after tip toeing through our options, we landed on something that we knew would be a lot of fun! In this episode, we attempt to write our own version of a metal song and we hope you like it!

With all of the frustrating things happening in our world right now, we started this track with the simple mindset of writing a very relaxed, 'chill vibes' song. The month of May, when this track was written, also happened to be 'Birthday Month' for Dirk and Justin, so we played around with the idea of writing a new birthday song... but with deeper meaning of course. After wandering through the lyrical wilderness, we wound up with a smattering of somewhat cohesive ideas that Jillian then miraculously strung together into something very cool. We hope you enjoy our 'Royalty Free' birthday song!

In this episode, we begin with the idea of writing another song that is similar to our "Be Kind" track, but it quickly became apparent that if we were going to write a song about 'knowing your worth' that it would have to include something about our Christian Faith. Quickly, our songwriting changes gears from writing a fun children's song, into writing our first serious Worship song, called 'You Say You Believe". We share a little about our own faith and end up writing a song that reflects our shared spiritual struggles. Thanks for listening, and feel free to share!

Jillian once stated that if she had her own specific genre of music, it would be called "Melancholy Corny." Whatever that means, is up to you to decipher. Listen in on our fun writing session where our simplistic idea for a song about 'life-enhancing quick fixes' transforms into a much more serious song about soldiering through the triathlon of life.  As always, there are plenty of laughs mixed in with our attempts at deep lyricism and imagery. Thanks for listening!

"Hey, I have to tell you something!" Your friend says. "Oh really? What is it?" you answer. "Nevermind, I'll tell you later!" Your friend responds. "No, really, what is it?" You begin to sweat. "Nah, I'll just tell you later." Your friend is intent on torturing you. "TELL ME!" Sometimes, your well meaning friend can quickly turn into your greatest enemy as he or she taunts you by withholding pertinent information. Maybe it's a boss, asking to see you at the end of the day, and for the entire day you're left to wonder what you did wrong - and in the end he just wanted to say "good job." This song is for anyone who has been there, out on the limb, waiting to find out the 'all-so-secret' information about yourself.

At the end of January 2004, the Opportunity Lander descended onto Mars for what was supposed to be a short mission. However, the NASA Rover ended up surviving on the Red Planet for 15 years! After so much time, the scientists and much of the world became attached to their resilient buddy, giving her the nickame, "Oppy." In June of 2018, after a severe storm on the Martian surface, she finally stopped communicating and on February 13 of 2019, NASA finally gave up on ever receiving another transmission from her. We decided to write a heartfelt song dedicated to this bittersweet story and we hope you enjoy it!

You may have seen the poster in our intro video... or you may have missed it. Hidden in the background of our garage set was the poster emblazoned with the words "Kazoos are for Lovers!" In our early meetings, when we discussed what kinds of art and props should populate our cartoon world, we joked about having posters for random things that didn't actually exist... but now after this recording session - it actually does exist! Check out our new song, Kazoos are for Lovers and listen in on how we wrote it!

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! Now available on all the major streaming networks!

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.