Writing and Recording a Song in an Hour 

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That was awesome Mary :)

Honestly better than 99% of material on the radio

This was wildly impressive 👊🏼👊🏾

This reminded me of one I wrote roughly a zillion years ago. My grandmother had died and I started thinking how I missed her and how I wished I could have had just a few more minutes with her. That turned into a hook of 'Just a few minutes more'. I gave it three verses where the character speaking wished for a little more time. One was a kid who didn't want to get out of a warm bed to go to school. One was a soldier who didn't want to leave his family to go back to his duty. And the third was being by Granny's bedside right after she'd passed. Each asked for more time. But it was a more serious request in each successive verse.

this is turning into a really interesting youtube challenge for every musician! PS Rob had a camera guy near him who talked to him. you were by yourself!

And she definitely sings better than Roomie 😂😂

I'm gonna try something very similar, which I think might be useful to some people. 1) Set a timer for 1 hour 2) Write as much as possible in that 1 hour 3) Take a break after that 1 hour (i.e. go for a walk; read a book; have a cup of coffee; etc.) 4) Eventually, come back to the song later with a refreshed/clear mind (this is optional, but could be a good idea) This might be good for people who usually try to write or finish songs in one sitting. (I usually try to write songs in one sitting with the aim/intention to finish them, so I'm giving myself something new to try, hopefully it will be helpful to someone else as well)

As a session guitarist it is hard enough coming up with memorable parts in an hour. I think you killed it.

This is probably the coolest vibe of all of the 1-hour songs I've seen so far

The " Creative Process " , Is facinating, ....and different for nearly everyone.

Excellent work Mary! Reminds me of a binge I went on a couple years back where I made myself write, record, and mix an album in 5 days. It's really incredible some of the stuff you can come up with under tight time constraints. Loved the song and especially that solo!

Mary... you are one of the best, SUPER, creative, open, gutsy, informative, talented, entertaining S/S Artists around. And just a joy to watch. Thank you so much for sharing some of your creative process's, and all with such grace and humor to boot!

Love the vibe of this song!! So much creativity in just 1 hour :) your voice is absolutely stunning too!

Nice to see your creative process in action. Felt a bit sorry when you seemed to panic a bit, but you ended up a with great song! Bit more refined than Rob's, even. Though I kinda missed a "That's what I'm talking about, Bill" in the lyrics ;)

You did a heck of a job Mary! Well done. Singing about stuff around is always the best solution when you are short on time.

Congratulations Mary!!👏🎶🎸💜 this is amazing, beautiful song.

Out of all the 1 hour songs I heard, I think this one was the most interesting. Really well done Mary

It's amazing how it all comes together into something beautiful, far more than the sum of the parts. I like this.

You said we might be bored...not once! I just watched in amazement, the whole time! You've definitely got talent! Such a beautiful voice too! That's the thing I've struggled with my whole life...vocals! I can figure out an instrument, given time. But the vocals...that's the tough part for me! Thanks for such a cool video. I really enjoyed it, and the song was pretty good for only taking 1 hour to make! Awesome job!👍😎🎸🎶

Love it. I have all the gear and quite a bit of talent but there’s no way I could do this in an hour !!! I love how the lyrics reflect her panic with writing the song and it’s clever how she’s turned it into a break up song. Go girl🎸🎤🎶😎

It's like you knew that my situation changed for the worse and you wrote this to help me get through it. Great job for so little time. Keep doing what your doing

This is my first time on your channel. I came over from Frog Leap Studios where you did Sultans of Swing. Both that piece and this song in a hour were fantastic. I'm a fan now!

Definitely earned my subscription with that! Wow! You’re awesome! Thank Pete and Rob for sending me here.

That was so Cool Mary! Awesome Triumph! and the Electric part with Trem really sounded perfect with that! _ Always Your Spirit is 'Priceless!'🎼

Good job Mary.... sounds amazing when you hear it all coming together at the end.... well done

This was awesome! I think this is the type of challenge all of us need in our life. Sometimes having too much time ruins the creative process.

Amazing production value in such short time - guitar solo, harmonies - and a nice melody! The use of the whammy bar on that St Vincent too -- very cool.

Watching someone else go thru what many of us go thru constantly is way cool. I’m not the only one ☝️. Grace and peace be with u

Mary, from Chicago here. I first heard of you on Guitareo, and have been a fan ever since. Mary, I love you 😍❤🎸; you are beautiful, talented and very down to earth, which is very refreshing! All the best from the Chicagoland area!

You are a wonderful musician and I loved to see how you developed your idea to a complete song

Wow! I just discovered you and your channel (and your dark pal over in Screamo-land) and can't wait to hear more! I love this song you wrote in just an hour. Its stuck in my head, in a very good way.

Love this. Not bored at all by watching the process. Song's quite good as well

God, you have one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard in my entire life. & youre just so overall musically talented. My mind is absolutely blown. Why tf am I just now hearing about you?! Where have you been all my life?!!? Definitely binge watching your channel tonight lol.

Awesome to see how others work through their process, regardless of the time. Great work and really enjoying the channel.

And it actually works! I love the mellow feel.

Wonderful result and I love that the lyrics are also time related. :)

Wow Mary, that was truly inspiring. You are going to go far. You've have amazing talent. Keep up the great work...😀

Looking at the end product of your work, you look so calm playing and singing, but underneath you are rushing about trying to get things done. Mary, you are an extremely talented young lady, and what you produced was a beautiful song, I love your music, and this is no exception, looking forward to seeing you in Manchester next month...

Really nice to see this! Congratulations on putting it up and through!

Figuring out your vocal melodies while doing the guitar part is genius, Rob should've done that. It saved you loaaaads of time ! Good job

Tastefully done. Had I only listened to the final track instead of watching, I wouldn't have known this was created in an hour. Well done, Mary.

Well Mary, I really enjoyed this. I love your authenticity. It really is inspiring. Thank you for sharing the challenge! Great fun and wow! What a lovely voice you have?!

Love you Mary!

Really pleased that's all on your vibe ... A lot of people would have probably skipped what sounds like them and gone for something more generic. Bravo. Plus it's good to have a laugh with yourself and then share it with the world so that they can smile with you. All the best

I like the idea of giving yourself the deadline, amazing how motivating this can be! Very interesting indeed!

Wow! And I thought I was a musician... boy, was I wrong! I wish I was half as talented as you are. Thank you for creating this channel and for sharing your knowledge, people like you are a true inspiration for other musicians. Thank you Mary

Found your channel because of this. Your voice is angelic, your playing beautiful, and your composition was better then what I could write given 6 months! (give me seven, though... XD) Point is, I dig.

That is actually the best way to see you for the first time!!!! As gifted as talented you are! Maybe you should try it again on live so people can give you lyrics ^^

My favorite youtuber.... you're smart and awesome. You make amazing music. Nuff said.

That was awesome.. just subscribed from that alone. I love watching these challenges and I’m so inspired by them.. Great job!

Fab tune, Mary! I quite enjoyed watching your process.

Honestly the best 1 hr song out of all of them! Great job

I’m so glad this popped up on my feed... so awesome

OMG you blow me away !!!!! i can't tell how amazing is this

Well done Mary, you did it, and it is good.

I’m loving you! Thanks Reina delCid!!!

Fun, impressive, and inspiring! I love the vocal work!

First video I've seen of your's and I subbed before it was over. Great job, I love your voice!

Outstanding.. lovely

That was beatiful 🎧🎶🎸 your voice is awesome.

Simply amazing!

Very cool Mary!!!! So you could do 5 full albums in a year!!! Keep up the great work.

lovely!! I love ur voice

This is great. I've been doing similar things with more time for a long time. I love your methodology.

the blues/soul in your voice is insane!!!!

Wow. I just chanced upon this and I'm totally loving it. You are so talented. Just subscribed and am looking forward to more from you.

Beautiful! And the song is good as well

That was great! I didn't intend to watch the whole video but you kept me hooked! I love you accent too.

loved it mary

I love the way you say "Tuesday talks" and great video by the way

LOVE IT!!!!

Mary...the best!!!

thanks for doing this. loved it.

Absolutely brilliant. Well done Mary. 😎

Not only talented your drop dead gorgeous!

Part of the challenge should have been to use the word Roomie more than 5 times in the lyrics.

Don't stress it out👍 you are doin great👍

Actually, a lot of songs are done under some degree of pressure and this is fabulous to watch and hear!

From jack coyne -> colin & samir -> i love where i am . thank you

I am in awe of your awesomeness AND you have St. Vincent!

Amazing!!! That’s was quick!

Well done! Thas was so professional, and really inspiring.

1 hour... that's incredible! I enjoyed watching this and I admire your gift of song! Imagine what you could do in 2 hours..!

I’ve watched all of the contenders and this song is my favorite. Admittedly lyrics could be more fleshed out yet an exceptional project overall!

you are very talented and a great singer I saw the video you made with frogleap studio and fell in love with it that video is what gives me the push to do music these challenges there not only for the RU-vid viewers but also to make you better as a musician

Love,love,love it!!!

Totally awesome Mary!!!!

Really cool video Mary. Great editing to make it so engaging. I'm sure I'm not alone in that you had me rooting for you, like a piece of suspenseful drama. Although I'm probably over analysing as usual. As for the track itself, really impressive. Particularly like the line "I don't know where this song is going" as metaphor, and literally cry for help! 😄

It’s fantastic !!! Great job Mary !

Very Fun Mary ... i love your voice

SUPER LOVE

This is impressive, your takes seemed so in a hurry and finally sound good! :-) Nice shot!

Very cool. Nicely done! Challenge smashed!

That is just great!!

Found you via Leo... couldn't be happier. Keep the awesome going!

That was pretty awesome Very interesting to see your composition process

This video is inspiring me. Thanks!

Excellent songwriting and performance. That was quite a feat!

you totally inspired me to do this. I haven't written or even really played in almost 5 years!! but after watching your video, I dusted off my guitars and started writing.