I'm a songwriter?

A few weeks ago I was fumbling about Instagram in bed (as I always do when I first wake up) thinking about the next steps in achieving my career goal as a front woman/ vocalist. As I pondered the steps I needed to take I saw a post that particularly caught my eye, Dan Claremont of Set It Off was giving guitar and songwriting lessons. There was an email at the bottom to talk to Dan and ask about rates, and I was interested. After talking and getting some financial things out of the way Dan and I planned our first lesson. The night before our first lesson some things happened that I'm not going to go into grave detail about but just know, these events lead me into knowing what I wanted to write about, much like Ms. T Swift, my subject was heartache. Dan and I had meetings and lessons every other day for about 2 weeks and the more we met, the better my song became. Along the way of writing the beauty I call Take Care, Dan and I got to know each other fairly well and I started talking to him about my job, life, Set It Off, ect. I got to meet his super sweet girlfriend, Sydney, and his loud but adorable chihuahua, Monkey. And he taught me something I wish I would've taken in high school, music theory. Being a self taught musician, you think "Oh music theory and reading music isn't needed, just highly recommended." Or thoughts pretty close to that, but let me tell you, basic music theory made things go a lot smoother. Our lessons consisted of 30 minutes to an hour of talking about melodies, chord progression, music theory, lyrics. And Dan was always super helpful and positive. Dan also made me a super great promise, when they come to MD I'm going to be performing Take Care with Dan. I've also been invited to hang out with the guys after and before the show which is super cool, because not only did I make a kick ass song and learn some things, I made a really great friend. I won't be posting the song just yet, but be on the lookout for it. Until next time, Rachel Vanity. ✌🏻️❤️