The Songs

16 original songs from Season One are now available on Bandcamp!

When Karen and I set out to record the Supernova Support Podcast, our plan was to prerecord our original songs for each episode and then drop them in for discussion.

Because we were both absolutely paralyzed about the prospect of recording any of our original music at this point, we decided to go ahead and start recording the podcast and let our future selves worry about getting the “perfect” take later.

After about three episodes we were feeling good. The topics were flowing, our banter and real life friendship was coming across in a goofy and authentic way, and it felt like we were finally starting to make some progress on this now 2 years in the making project.

We could have absolutely kept going recording each episode and then plunking the yet-to-be professionally recorded songs into place. However, as I listened to us talking about our personal experiences with self-doubt, self-loathing and defeat around our music careers it struck me that the only way we could continue to overcome these roadblocks for ourselves, let alone inspire anyone who might be listening, was to bite the bullet and record the songs live in the studio during the episodes.

“Karen…don’t hate me,” I said as my dear friend gave me the all too familiar look of “Oh shit, what are you thinking now”.

“I think we have to record the songs live.”

I’ve just paused to ask Karen how she actually responded when I told her this amazing news, and she says:

"I knew you were right, but I was like oh fuck, because at that time I was so out of performance shape, it was like being asked to run a 4 minute mile or some dumb shit like that.”

So just as I recall, she was super exited.

I will admit that I can be obnoxiously optimistic, especially when it comes to what I believe other people are capable with their creativity. I can feel almost insulted when someone doesn’t believe in themselves they way I do because I really like being right.

When it came to my own feelings about either of our abilities to play our songs live and play them well, I really did believe we would be able to do a good enough job. I knew it wouldn’t be perfect, but I knew we could pass, and maybe even get some really good takes.

What I wasn’t prepared for, was how many really special and downright stunning performances we would capture, or how it would positively impact the flow, format and authenticity of the podcast.

This isn’t because we just magically pulled these performances out of our asses (although that may have happened a few to times to be completely honest), no, we actually had to get our shit together, and get the songs and ourselves in shape.

So we did, and in doing so we were both reminded of something we had almost forgotten, or at the very least had become distorted in the mire of our own fear and self-doubt: that we love to perform, that we are capable of bringing it when the red light is on, that raising the stakes didn’t set us up for more failure, but allowed us to return to something that was there waiting for us the whole time.

We are pleased to share the 16 original songs from the first season of the Supernova Support Podcast, available on Bandcamp for listening and/or purchase.