A Song from Cora & Dave

There are only two recordings of me and Dave performing this song together. The first from the night we wrote it, sixteen years ago. 

And this one.

A Song of the Past

A song of the past indeed.

I first starting traveling to Nashville when I was fourteen.  My choir teacher, Peter Engh, put me in contact with a management team in Nashville.  A few months later, I signed on with Dennis Management & Matt Timm Music under an artist development contract.

Step one was to get to writing!  Sharon and Matt set up many co-writing sessions, and one of them happened to be with Dave Brainard.

Dave is a world-class producer, and at the time he was writing with a publishing company and also producing album and demo projects on the side.

We got together one evening, and “What Your Love Is Doing” just flowed out.  It was a stormy night, perhaps that aided in the flow?

Dave could produce demos fast, so we recorded a quick demo then and there.  Well, I ended up loving it so much, that it made its way to the album Turn The World without ever being re-recorded!

Fast forward sixteen years.  Dave is now a grammy-nominated producer who has worked with some of the best in country music.  Me, well, I’m a lady in a bus with as lofty dreams as ever!

José and I made a drive-by through Nashville on the Art We There Yet journey. We met up with old friends, made some new ones, and soaked up a bit of Nashville.

And Dave and I met up to record “What Your Love Is Doing” for the first time since that blustery night in 2003.