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The Moms on the Move Song^TM Session in Nashville

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I recorded the Moms on the Move Song^TM in Nashville.

Dilan plays a drum lick

I brought my fourteen year old son down to play some drum tracks on the song…and, to experience a session with Bob Farnsworth.

We arrived at Bob’s studio, Hummingbird Productions, with his greeting “Look! A raccoon!” Dilan and I tip toed with Bob to the creek on his property and, sure enough, we witnessed a raccoon digging for crawfish. I thought, “I wonder if Jay-Z ever started his session this way?”

Bob and Pat collaborate on the keys

Bob has to find the right sound

Bob is completely unaffected by his industry success and sensitive to every human we encountered during our stay who wanted to send him their demo. Not only was I able to have Dilan experience the kindness and excellence to which he can aspire in this industry but he got to hang with Ma Bet, Bob’s 80 year old mom who resembles Vivian Leigh. She would say, "Bless His Heart" in perfect Southern drawl and did no miss a beat to instill in Dilan, the importance of being a gentleman. Dilan didn't mind meeting Bob's two beautiful 16 year old daughters either!

Linda Surrounded by talent!

The musicians who played on the song were incredible times ten. They have all toured in popular bands over the years and they were so low key about it. I felt honored to be surrounded by this much talent minus ego in one room.

Steve shows Linda and Dilan around Nashville

Nashville is so cool. Bob’s awesome brother Steve took us to the main street of town starting at the famous “Tootsies,” and we went door to door to see performers dressed in jeans and cowboy hats, perched on mini-stages jammed with equipment, singing and playing their hearts out, and hoping an interested agent is in the audience.

I was informed that there are more musicians per capita in Nashville than in any other city. In fact, they have the same running joke for singers in Nashville as they do for actors in New York. How do you find one? "Waiter?"

I said a little prayer for every one of them in the hope that they would persevere if their dream was to “make it” in the biz.

Marsia and Melinda Doolittle sing up a storm

There is no question that perseverance is more important than “talent” when it comes to success. When you are at the very point when you think you must quit or you are going to jump off a cliff; that is when you say, “Okay, now I have to keep going!”

If your intentions are good and you believe in yourself, something will happen to let you know you must stay on the path you are on or change it.

As Mick Jagger sings, “You can’t always get what you want, but you can try sometime, you just might find, you get what you need.”

Well, I needed to record the song, I needed to spend some one on one time with my youngest son to see what I need to do now to enable him to succeed with his talent and I needed to meet Brian.

Brian Kelly master engineer

Brian is the studio engineer. He is confined to a wheel chair, yet flies around the studio as if he rides on a magic carpet; running wires, connecting gadgets, positioning mics and recording tracks with the energy of a child and the joy of an athlete who just won an Olympic Medal.

See, it is people like Brian who get you over the next cliff.

Bob's daughters Evie and Rebecca Reed

Brian, Linda and Bob; a great mix

Dilan and Mom recording studio

Larry Wails on guitar

Linda recording piano part at session

Linda with the master artists

Marsia and Melinda Doolittle with Linda

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