Sneak Preview- The Cast Album! Sold My Soul

Greetings from Nashville where I've been recording the Original Cast Album of my musical F**k 7th Grade!  We are just about done mixing. The finished album should be out on time for the show’s third consecutive Fall run at NYC’s The Wild Project (Nov. 1 - 16, 2024).   Super excited about it.

While we were tracking back in late July,  filmmaker Tom Ropelewski and his cinematographer Barry Braverman came into the studio to shoot some footage for a future doc project of Tom’s about….me! Their images looked so good that I decided to share with you a song.  None of this is edited, they plan to splice shots of the band members, so it’s probably not something you will never see again, at least not in this form.   Work-in-progress footage of a work-in-progress album.

"Sold My Soul"  is in the part of the show where I find out I got dropped by the record label, which was a drag, but the worst part about it was that for a while, I couldn’t hear music purely anymore; I couldn’t listen for enjoyment.  It became the enemy.

Sold My Soul 

I feel like an outline

where the middle part is missing

and the moonlight is kissing

the details away. 

I read like cliffnote

to a novel that no one will read.

And I feel like such a phony,

like I got ‘em all deceived. 

And I feel like a punchline

that nobody gets. 

And I bet you’re laughing,

and shaking your head.

I sold my soul,

and nothing happened.

Yeah, nothing happened

when I sold my soul. 

I feel like an outline. 

To a picture you started to paint.

Now the sunlight is fading

the colors away.

How’s it feel to have insides?

Something to hold? 

I wish I could touch you–

How could I know–? 

When I sold my soul,

nothing happened.

Yeah, nothing happened

when I sold my soul. 

Just a big, back hole

and nothing happened

and I bet you’re laughin’, 

‘cause I sold my soul. 

Enjoy.  Stay tuned  as there’s a lot more to come in the next few months, especially if you join my Patreon. Please join and pass the word and  encourage others to join. Patreon.com/jillsobule    Feel free to msg me with your questioons sage advise -, good and terrible jokes are equally appreciated,.  

Jill