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[michaelleehoward]

https://youtu.be/LlY39NzTeXY Check out this new fitting holiday song. #jenniferknapp #margaretbecker https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2k9EUBWuV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gb1749njfzi8

[cocooconnor]

East of Nashville / South of Santa Fe / The Gift

It’s been a whirlwind of weeks. Mid-November brought a cross country drive from the mountain here in Santa Fe to East Nashville, TN. As the O’Connor clan descended upon my old stomping’ grounds of that wonderful city Nashville,  we perched in Yackland Studio  for 10 amazing days of recording 10 new songs. 

These songs were produced by Margaret Becker who simply went above and beyond the call of duty. She took my “babies” and made them into full grown women. I cannot say enough about how wonderful it was to finally work with someone who really “got me”as an artist. Someone who was not interested in their own agenda being represented but instead someone who completely served the creative process. It was refreshing and magical. 

I am very excited to release this new work. I should have final mixes by mid-December. A release date is still TBD. So the days of joy and cheer really are special this year because of the new songs. I celebrated my birthday on Thanksgiving, my 18th wedding anniversary  a few days before that and by Christmas ( or before ) I’ll have a new record. 

I must say that the greatest gift in my life ( in addition to my daughter) that I have is my hubby , Taylor O’Connor. We are a strong , tight - knit family and he supports me in every single way creatively, financially, and spiritually. We share a love of music, recording and each other. Plus, he can really jam on anything  that has black and white keys and other musical instruments stringed and beyond. I haven’t done a lot of things right in my life but choosing to be with him on the journey of life was one thing I did do right.

So, Taylor “guess I don't tell you enough” .... but “if I had to choose I’d still choose you”... ( Lyrics from “I’ll Say It Again” ) 

I plan too be more frequent with my writings. I have some video footage I am waiting on from the Nashville recording sessions. Be on the lookout for that. I’m hoping to document the songwriting process that lead up to this recording session that brought songs from  “south of Santa Fe” to “East Nashville”. 

Life is good... very good.

Keep dreaming...because age is just a number.

Until next time...

Coco