The more we conversed, he told me that he knows Corinne very well and would love to get her in here, so we can make the night even more grandiose. (I know this dream couldn't possibly happen because Corinne is going to be in Nashville when I am in Ireland in September. Hey it could happen.)
She showed up and she was as I imagined, and also because I have seen several of her interviews; she too is a deep soul, but very tranquil, calm, but full of a whispering soberness that makes you feel, see, and dream all at the same time.
We chatted and she asked me straight away, which song she does that I like the least. Which was very interesting to me... It made me feel that she was a perfectionist at heart, and wanted to always know the worst, negative, so she could be the best! It was pretty brilliant if you ask me. I told her that I love every single one of her songs except for "Put your records on". It was hilarious... ...she smiled and asked me why. We talked for a bit about that, and Chris said, why don't we just see what happens when I play this new little tune?
He told me to just sing whatever came to me and not edit it or think about it. Martin said that the best songs come from the heartfelt nonsense that is floating in our minds, and that we should give it a change to take form.
We started to sing and it was riveting, because I would sing something and Corinne would echo it and then sing it after me and help me with forming the melody, and learning how to make what I have just created fit the song. It was so inspiring, and I even woke right up out of the dream, early in the morning, and grabbed my cell phone and recorded what I could remember.
I learned a lot from my strange, fantastical dream. I was being trained by my two favorite artists, and I listened as they critiqued and imparted such great knowledge to me. I really soaked it all in, and appreciated the fact that they wanted to see me develop and cultivate who I was. They didn't want me to become like them and they didn't have egos that stopped them from even being able to learn about me. They got to know me and noticed what I was good at and pulled those abilities out of me; Corinne and Chris challenged me!
If it never happens in real life, I actually don't mind, because I got to spend a day with two people who inspire me. They are like my muses. I love that about them anyway, because I know they both have had intense life experiences that has caused them to write from their depths and many listen and relate, or just listen and understand, as if Chris and Corinne had read their very souls; I appreciate that immensely! "The best songs come from the heartfelt nonsense that is floating in our minds, so we should give it a change to take form." -Pseudo Chris Martin