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Smith
It’s the end of the first week. We’ve been given time to tighten up three songs — one of our own and the other two the collaborations we did earlier. Unfortunately, I don’t really have much to show for the time I put into songwriting this week. Aside from my collaboration with Sarah, which is as great as ever, I am left with two middle of the road songs.
My partner for the second songwriting challenge is a lithe young man named Nate. He sidles up to me as everyone is gathering for the judgment, looking nervous and pale.
“Hey,” he says.
I nod to him. “Hey. Are you ready?”
He looks at me with wide eyes and shakes his head. “No. I don’t have anything good to show Dee and Dwayne. No offense, I mean.” He pulls out a handkerchief and mops his brow. “All my songs really suck.”
Nodd
