{"id":1317215,"date":"2019-12-11T11:13:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1815613"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:13:56","slug":"the-ins-and-outs-of-writing-a-song-with-eric-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/the-ins-and-outs-of-writing-a-song-with-eric-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ins and Outs of Writing a Song with Eric Church"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
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The art of songwriting has never ceased to amaze me. As a lover of words, I\u2019ve always wondered how someone could take ordinary words and string them together in an extraordinary way. And then put a melody behind that poetry that takes it to the next level. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a gift. <\/p>\n

And now I know what it feels like to be in the room with that gift. <\/p>\n

Jeremy Spillman, one of Eric Church\u2019s longtime collaborators, recently shared his thoughts on social media about how much he cherishes those days in the writing room with Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cWriting songs with Eric Church feels like an invitation to be a part of music history,\u201d Spillman wrote. \u201cThe legacy he has created has withstood and will stand the test of time far beyond song charts and come-and-go popular music. To be a part of that legacy, to be fortunate enough to sit in the room with Eric and lyrically spar until a song is finished, gives a weight and a purpose to those songs that I seldom (if ever) get to experience outside of a room with him,\u201d he said, adding that Church\u2019s latest album Desperate Man<\/em> is nominated for a Grammy for best country album. (Church\u2019s \u201cSome of It\u201d is also nominated for the Grammy award for best country song of the year. More on that in a minute.)<\/p>\n

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But Spillman is not just singing the praises of Church\u2019s current music. The two go way back, so Spillman is a Church loyalist, through and through. On Church\u2019s 2006 debut album Sinners Like Me<\/em>, Spillman and Church co-wrote two of the biggest fan favorites, \u201cBefore She Does\u201d and the title track. <\/p>\n

Jeff Hyde, another one of Church\u2019s writing compadres who has been a fixture on his album credits since 2009\u2019s Carolina<\/em>, echoed Spillman\u2019s thoughts. <\/p>\n

\u201cIdeas, hooks and unique melodies are precious commodities in the world of songwriting,\u201d Hyde said. \u201cIf you\u2019re lucky enough to be blessed with a great one, you learn to be protective of it and to share it only with a co-writer you are confident can help craft it to its best potential. Eric Church is one of those rare craftsman, a songwriter\u2019s songwriter, who has that most important quality in recording artists of the highest quality\u2026. vision.\u201d
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Like Church\u2019s \u201cSome of It\u201d says, I know I don\u2019t probably know what I think I do, but there\u2019s something to some of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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