Abby hears from a reader whose fundamentalist musical pal was put off by their song title, while a depressed woman wants to be active in life again.
Recently, Chris contacted me to inform me that his mother had died. I felt sincere about being supportive and helping him get through the loss, so we started performing music together again. It was going well, and he wanted to record one of my songs. When I mentioned I had a demo of it, he asked me for it. I realized too late that the name on the file — “Pagan Christmas” — might be an issue.
I received this message back from him a week later: “I like the chord progression but was a bit put off by the title.
