This week, the drought in Texas raged and over 1,000 homes were destroyed when several forest fires spread due to the massive winds, and dry land. Texas needs rain really bad right now. Rewind to July when I was walking down the streets of the rain filled NYC with some good friends from Texas. I mentioned to them that I had just started my 52 songs project, and somehow or another Rainya and I decided to write a song together called Texas Rain and we hummed out a few bars that I recorded immediately. Fast forward to this week, and it seemed like Texas needed all the thoughts and prayers it could get so I messaged Rainya on Facebook and we decided to work on the song.... via FB Chat.
Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
In the song, a man compares the woman he loves to Texas Rain - it doesn't come often, but when it does it replenishes everything, and Texas is beautiful once more. Rainya and I had been talking about writing a country song together, and then it started raining, it's been raining a lot in NYC, and Rainya said something about needing Texas rain, and I said "that's our country song." I immediately sang my little chorus to Rainya on the street and she immediately suggested that the drought was a metaphor for his heart without her love. Writing a song together when you're across the country is soooo much fun. A million thanks to Rainya, for lending her talents (she's a novelist y'all!) to my 52 Songs project.
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