April: Not for nothing

For the longest time, I've wanted to use the phrase "not for nothing" in a song, because it always tickled my ears for some odd reason.

I used to hear it a lot when we were living in Connecticut, not so much here in Nashville.

So that's where it started.

The melody and the words for the chorus came kind of simultaneously, and without me knowing why I was saying what I was saying at first, which happens a lot for me.

Songwriting is kind of like therapy in that it draws up things I'm feeling below the surface. In this case, it was pretty obviously about how I feel like I have to hide parts of myself from people (colleagues, new friends, etc.) when I'm unclear where they stand. Don't we all these days?

And lately I've been just exhausted from having to mask and "keep sweet" pretty much everywhere I go.

So, here is the song of the month for April 2025!

We've not had a chance to take this one into the studio, but here is a live demo recording

Click here to watch Not For Nothing

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WE'RE HAVING A CONTEST!

To help get the word out about our Song of the Month Club, we're giving away a custom made Omega Defern t-shirt!

Just text the word Omega to 33777 and we'll pick one person at random - anyone who signs up this month will be in the running.

It's completely free and we only send out one or two texts a month

Please help get the word out and share this!

-Heather

PS - that photo is from a trip to an old abandoned mental hospital in CT "Mansfield Training Depot" that we kinda snuck in to years ago. And years before that Mike and I went there on a date =)