Finally got a little taste of freedom, and how sweet it was, driving in my new black Honda Civic through the luscious streets of Beverly Hills! I felt like a millionaire! The new car is awesome, the day was beautiful and life is good!
Our clinic was to co-write a song with Andrew Farriss.  This was such an important clinic as INXS are looking for a lead singer who can not only be awesome on stage and in the studio, but also be able to write & collaborate with Andrew. I came into the session with some lyrical & melodic ideas, just so we had a head start.  Andrew immediately liked some ideas but also had some ideas he was very fond of.  We bounced ideas off each other quite easily, recording on tape ideas that we were happy with and then filling in the blanks.   I had never really written in that style or technique, but I was very proud of the result. I think Andrew enjoyed our collaborative effort and dug the song.  I hope it was enough for him to see that he could write more stuff with me in the future because that is what Andrew is looking for in the new INXS front man. 
For song selection this week we were asked to do anything from the whole competition catalogue.  This was a great opportunity to do any song we wanted to do but for some reason couldn’t.  I chose to do “Bohemian Rhapsody”! It is probably my favorite song of all time.  I didn’t want to do it the first time around because I wanted to show INXS that I was looking to move forward to the future, not back to my past glories.  Having proved I was willing to do that I don't have to prove that anymore, so given a second chance to do the song, I could not give it up again! It is a very challenging song, despite how many times I've done it.  This song could make me if I do it right or ruin me if I fail.