Just A Shame is a single that has taken an interesting journey from start to completion. Hilary Scott was hired several years ago to complete a publishing deal in Nashville. She co-wrote several songs with big names in Nashville songwriting (Angela Kaset and John Goodwin) and Matthew Wilder of Wilderside Productions. Amidst a cross-country move, several years of international touring and other delays, the songs remained on a hard-drive until March 2012 when Hilary returned to Nashville to complete them. Several intense days of recording, while residing at a beautiful horse ranch just outside of Nashville, readied the songs for mixing and mastering.
Those familiar with Hilary Scott's large catalogue (nine previous studio albums) will find Just A Shame (and the three other singles to be released in 2013) a significant departure from her other work. The goal with the writing/publishing sessions was to write pop directed, TV/film sountrack, big radio style tunes. This goal was reached. Just A Shame still retains, however, the signature sounds of Scott's lyrical and melodic approach, amplified to aurally stunning degree by Wilder's fantastic production.
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