In an effort to celebrate the official launch of djphillips.com, challenge my songwriting/ recording abilities and to take my own swipe at a 30 Day Project I will now post a new song idea every day for the next 30 days. These are not necessarily finished products. They are not necessarily fantastic pop nuggets. But they will be new ideas (written at least within the last few weeks). They will be on time. And they will be original.

Along with each posted song, I'll include a little story of the writing and recording process. If you're the kind of person who doesn't like to know what's behind a song, feel free to skip all the content below the track.

I'm putting these out there-- warts and all-- so let me know what you think! The songs that get a good response will be the most likely to be included on a future release.

All The Way

Quick confession: I wrote this song about a month ago right before I played it while I was on my East Coast mini-tour earlier this month. I am hanging with the family in Ohio, so I didn't have time to venture into something completely new. Luckily, this is previously unrecorded, so it still counts.

I wanted to write a song that was sort of in the vein of an Irish folk song and this is what I came up with. I forgot the cable for my new awesome audio interface in Nashville, so I just sang into Garageband with the internal microphone. Not the best sound, but these are demos, right? I have been debating whether or not to add more vocal layers or instruments, but I decided simple was better for this one.

Lyrically, it's just about pondering existence, embracing life and living as you are. Sitting here surrounded by my fantastic family, it's an easy message to believe in. I think I may end up adding some more verses and/or swapping some around, but here it is in the current incarnation.

All the Way

All the way, all the way, all the way, all the way Since I've got my life today I'm going to live it all the way

Each day that I get older It's more likely that I'll die But all these problems melt away When I look up at the sky

They say that I'm a soldier But for who and on which side When all this fighting seems to be For glory and for pride

All the way, all the way, all the way, all the way Since I've got my life today I'm going to live it all the way

No, I'm not religious But I do still wonder why Here I am and there you are Until we say goodbye

They say that I'm a soldier But for who and on which side When all this fighting seems to be For glory and for pride

All the way, all the way, all the way, all the way Since I've got my life today I'm going to live it all the way

Since I've got my life today I'm going to live it all the way