Eleven albums is a milestone that many musicians do not see, but Donald Lawrence is not average by any means. The gospel artist, known for teaching “self-affirming” and “daily how-to faith” lessons through a blend of traditional gospel and retro soul grooves, is preparing to present his newest album, Your Righteous Mind.
Lawrence describes this album as “somewhat like [a] continuation of The Law Of Confession but not as heavy.”
The chart-topping, multiple award-winning artist recently opened up to BREATHEcast to describe his new project and to give a few encouraging words to the next generation of aspiring gospel musicians.
This is your eleventh album and listening to it, it has your trademark which includes lessons of faith and encouragement, yet always fresh. What’s your writing process?
Lawrence: You know what, I’m a writer. Its part of my DNA, so I don’t have a process. I mean, I write as I’m walking around. I don’t really go to the studio to write. I don’t sit down in a particular place or fly somewhere to do it. Its just a day to day natural attribute to write. I hear something in my head. I might hum it a while, while I’m walking around, or doing something, or in the gym and it just turns into a song.
Are you one of those people who have a million unfinished songs in their phone?
Lawrence: No. I never really write it down is whats so funny. It stays in my head. I probably can log about twenty songs in my head then have them put on paper or demoed, but they just stay there. I can just file them in my brain somewhere. When its time for me to finish them or write them, I just kind of pull them out. Its just my process. You know I think every writer has their own way of writing and doing things. My process has always been just, very organic and as I’m doing my life and doing my day. Its never been, I go somewhere to write. Whenever I tell myself I need to go write, I need to go do that, I tend to not write. It just stops, because then it feels a little bit contrived.
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article courtesy of TheChristianPost.com
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