Ben and I did a ton of writing not in the room together during BMI.
We had schedules that didn’t always align. I was often not in the state. (I wasn’t even in the country for part of it.)
And it worked totally fine! In many ways, it was nice. I had time to really be thoughtful with lyrics. I didn’t feel all this pressure of him being right there. We’d just do back and forth responses [like emails or texts] that usually weren’t meant nor expected to be in real time.
But BMI highly suggests people do write in the room. And I have to admit, that when we were doing it for the final, it felt awesome!
As you may have seen, this was my favorite song. For all intents and purposes, it was written. We’d written the first draft and performed it during class. We expanded it while I was in Mexico. But there were just a couple of parts we thought might be able to be better.
So, while Eric was rehearsing with us, we started brainstorming – especially just as we were hearing it out loud by the actor who was going to do it, it felt easier to pick out the parts that seemed like they would work and not.
And I remember when I said “a text that just says K. Period” in the room. And it was so cool to see in real time not just thinking your own idea was cool, but having people laugh and be like “that absolutely must go in the song!”
It was a cool moment. A fun time. And I just wanted to share that little tidbit with you!