About this track - Eric McKinney was hired as a producer/composer for various Children's Songs for educational projects - This track was composed by Eric and sung by Amy Loff & Eric McKinney in 2014.  Amy & Eric founded Austin, Texas duo Accidental Confessions in 2014. (www.accidentalconfessions.com)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

A decade ago Eric McKinney’s studio assistant played Amy Loff’s rough demo for him.  Instantly Eric noticed something very unique about Amy’s voice and songwriting.  Wanting to hear more Eric emailed Amy to invite her to his studio to start collaborating on songs together.   Immediately they realized a creative spark as they began crafting music.  At this point, Eric was splitting time between touring as a guitarist for various bands and engineering and producing artists at his studio.  Meanwhile, Amy was pursuing a career as a social worker and completing her graduate degree.   Although music was a passion for Amy, the life of a struggling artist was taking its toll.  Feeling discouraged, Amy slowly drifted away from a music career and towards a lifestyle that didn’t consist of playing in bar after bar.

After going through a loss, Amy turned to her guitar for solace.  Reconnecting with music breathed new life into Amy and she reached out to Eric.  Although 8 years had passed, the spark was still there.  Within minutes of pulling out their guitars and playing together again, they decided to form a duo.   Accidental Confessions was born.

Within a few months of getting back together, they had written more than enough songs for a debut album.  Now they are working on recording that album and there have been a lot of late nights in the studio and Amy often falling asleep on the couch during mixing.   Although the album isn’t finished yet, Amy and Eric couldn’t wait to start releasing songs.  Therefore, they began submitting to songwriting contests.  They have already had songs place in the semi-finals of The International Songwriting Competition and runner-up with the Song Of The Year Songwriting Contest.  Stay Tuned!


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