Collette Savard: Blog

 A random person trying to give me advice on my music career once asked me "have you tried being in the right  place at the right time?" I know that sounds like a joke but they weren't joking. The earnest look in the person's face, standing there in front of the sinks in the public washroom, left no doubt that they were serious. They even continued to say that I should get a manager to write songs for me etc. Though I had to work very hard not to laugh you can't deny that it's good advice! How many people get their break by doing just that? So this brings me to my story. I talked about many things in my last blog entry dated October 2010. I talked about the struggles of maintaining my self worth as an artist. I vowed to start writing regular blog entries (oops!) but I also posted a song. I did this very randomly as a joke. This was a song we'd put on a home recording done as a Christmas gift for family and friends. We called the album, John and Collette's Country Classics for Christmas. This song was by far the silliest, most light-hearted track: a cover of Loretta Lynn and George Jones' "We Go Together." So it was with great amusement that I read an e-mail sent to me the other day from a director in Maryland requesting the use of the song in a documentary. They had found it on Soundcloud which is where I had uploaded it in order to put it in my blog. I didn't even know that people trolled that service for music. Apparently the song was exactly what they needed for a documentary on corporate greed! After laughing, I cursed the fact that the song wasn't mine to give but I thought I'd offer to write one for them. I'd recently written a song on spec for a cartoon being pitched in India (also a very random offer) so I knew I could write something other than just my usual self-inspired originals. I didn't think however that they would agree. Of course they did or I wouldn't be writing this blog silly! I picked up my banjo and in a matter of minutes I had what I thought would do the trick. Thankfully the director, editor and composer for the film thought the same. Now I will have an original song in a documentary called "We're Not Broke" premiering at Sundance in January. So howza bout that?! Apparently it is possible to be in the right place at the right time although the key is you can't TRY to be there. I still haven't decided whether the randomness of the universe is something to fear or embrace but here's a good example of the beauty of chaos. In the meantime, while I wait for the right place to find me at the right time, I'll continue to pluck songs out of the air and see where they lead me.

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