Matthew Ebel » Tennessee Never Cried http://matthewebel.com Piano Geek Rock Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sometimes The Well Runneth Over http://matthewebel.com/2008/12/12/sometimes-the-well-runneth-over/ http://matthewebel.com/2008/12/12/sometimes-the-well-runneth-over/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:35:32 +0000 Matthew Ebel http://matthewebel.com/?p=738 Continue reading →]]> [flickr align="left" class="alignleft" hspace="10"]photo:3062952888(square)[/flickr]Yesterday I started to cry in my studio as I produced the new song for Matthew Ebel dot net subscribers. I’m not typically an emotional guy, but for some reason the subject matter combined with the lyrics combined with the way the arrangement was unfolding… well I just couldn’t help myself. I was a little surprised. I don’t cry. I’m an American Ebel male and emotions just don’t do that to me, but there I was sitting in my chair wiping off my cheeks.

Whenever something strange like that happens, I turn to the most trusted source in mass groupthink: Twitter. Fortunately, as it turns out, this kind of thing happens all the time:

Once or twice I’ve even cried while performing an original. When singing with a choir, I’ve made puddles ;-)
-carlalynnehall

I’ve done it once or twice when composing. It is usually the really simple parts that get me the most, though.
-Firr

It’s supposed to happen that way, I think. Writing & listening, both should be affected at times. Looking forward to hearing it.
-JimFarley

So who knows? Maybe this song will be fantastic. Or maybe it just means that one of my own songs has impacted me the way some of my others have impacted some fans. I can’t count how many emails I’ve received telling me that I Will Wait For You or Tennessee Never Cried brought someone to tears. Maybe it’s just my turn.

All I know is it felt really good.

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