Written By: Jessica Simpson, Jesse Taylor, Hayley Warner and Brian Kennedy
In 2016 I called to my inner songbird and began to set free all the words, melodies and overwhelming emotional angst rapidly swirling inside of me. I knew that if I went into my studio it would mean breaking my own heart in order to write from a place of transparency. I called Teresa Lababara Whites to set up some writing sessions, that became a small songwriters camp in my basement studio, with trusted hearts I could be vulnerable in front of without judgement. Little did I know that inside this music I would embark upon major life changes and that writing itself would be an actual healer. I so desperately needed to open up my soul to the parts of my life that I couldn’t face even in a journal entry or to my family and closest friends.
On these raw visual diary entries there are some demos with different producers who helped to bring out assured self acceptance and perspective, something I did not always have at the time I recorded them.
Without Bart Schoudel as my vocal soulmate, grounding camp counselor and now dear friend…NONE of these songs would’ve happened. I attached a few to the audiobook of my memoir Open Book because some of these songs saved me. In the depths of self reflection in that candle lit studio I connected to my heart. I gave up alcohol so I could feel every moment. I came alive and made nice with the empowering evolution of the real me. I hope you feel something you need to feel right now when you listen.
Love,
Jess
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