If Love Was a House — MCA One-Sheet

Pre-ProPre-Production SheetDemo Approved / Direction Locked

Sheet header

Key

Db Major

BPM

Artist

Kris Bradley

Writers

Heather Davis & Mitch Townley

Status

Demo Approved / Direction Locked

Outside Cut — Only Non-Original on the Record

Core Concept

"I fell in love with this song a decade before I had the chance to record it."

Over 10 years ago Kris was hired to demo this song so the writers could pitch it. She fell in love with it immediately but wasn't in a position to release an artist project at the time. The song never left her. A decade later, when she finally went to cut her first artist album, she reached out to find out if it had found a home. It hadn't. She got to record it. Some songs find you when you're ready for them.

Emotional Arc

A meditation on what love looks like when it's built to last — wildflowers and mountain red oak, made to weather storms. A portrait at the top of the stairs. Forgiveness living alongside anger. Faith never a stranger. A front porch light left on so a heart can find its way home. The song builds love as a place, not a feeling. Each verse adds another room. The bridge names the harder virtues — forgiveness, faith, hope — and the final verse is the most quietly devastating: no back door for weakness to sneak in, but the light always on for whoever needs to come home. That's the whole thing.

Sonic Palette

Overall Vibe

Acoustic, intimate, warm. The tuning gives it an open, resonant quality that should breathe through the whole arrangement.

Tuning

Open D minor — DADGAD tuned a half step down with the G string adjusted. This tuning is the identity of the song. Everything else builds from it.

Demo Status

Demo is perfect. The goal is to recreate the demo and add color — not reinvent. Stay as close as possible to what's already captured.

Fill / Color

Light steel guitar, possible strings. Keep it simple and acoustic throughout. Open to co-producer suggestions in session.

Instrumentation

Acoustic Guitar (Open D Minor)

Steel Guitar

Strings (light)

Album Note - Outside Cut

The Only Non-Original on the Record

This is the only song on Midnight Church Aftermath that Kris didn't write. It earns its place because it belongs here emotionally and sonically — and because Kris has carried it for over a decade waiting for the right moment. Ensure publishing and licensing is fully cleared before production locks.

References

Jennifer Nettles — Stay

Miranda Lambert — The House That Built Me

Led Zeppelin — DADGAD

Music Video / Visualizer

Concept TBD

Open Questions

Confirm writers' full names, PRO, IPI numbers and publishing for outside cut clearance

Confirm licensing and publishing cleared before production locks

Steel guitar and string direction — confirm in session

Music video or visualizer direction TBD

Outside Cut — Only Non-Original on the Record

MarketingMarketing Plan14 buckets · how it reaches people

Positioning & release

Song Sheet - Disc Two / Outside Cut / Single · Date TBD

Disc TwoOutside CutOutside Cut

This page is scaffolded and ready. Buckets fill in as KB brain-dumps the song. Structure matches every other song sheet so nothing has to be redesigned later.

📖 Story

Layer 3 — The Public Story Fan-facing

Fan hook. If you've ever loved a song so much you knew you weren't ready to do it justice — this song is for you.

I first heard this song over ten years ago.

I fell in love with it the second I heard it. The kind of fall where you stop talking mid-sentence and just listen. It was written by a friend of mine, and at the time, I was actually offered the chance to record it.

I said no.

Not because I didn't love it. Because I loved it too much. I knew I wasn't ready to do it justice yet. I knew the song deserved a version of me that hadn't shown up yet, and forcing it would have been worse than walking away.

Years went by. A whole life happened in between. Burnout, rebuilding, faith, the whole record you're listening to right now. And when I started this project, this song surfaced again from the back of my memory like it had been waiting.

Nobody had ever cut it.

It was still right where I left it.

This is the only song on this album I didn't write. And it might be the most full-circle moment of the whole record.

"It was still right where I left it."

Layer 1 — Bullet Framework Internal anchors

Memory anchors, angles, and key lyric placement. To add.

Layer 2 — Performance Scripts Short · long · stage banter

Short, long, and stage-banter versions. To add.

🎵 Lyrics

Written by Heather Davis & Mitch Townley · © Heather Davis & Mitch Townley

VerseIf love was a house
It would be built on
Acres of wildflowers kissed by the sun
Board by board
Of mountain red oak
Made to weather storms that will come
If love...If love was a house

If love was a house
There'd be a portrait
Of a storybook moment at the top of the stairs
And it would always smell like Christmas
Gypsies and Jesus would be welcome there
If love...If love was a house

Forgiveness would live anger
And faith would never be a stranger
And you'd see hope always hanging around
If love was.....a house

If love was a house
There'd be no backdoor
For a moment of weakness to sneak on in
And it would leave the front porch light on
So a heart could find it's way home again

If love...If love...If love was a house

😤 Pain Points

Pain points list to be added.

🎣 Hooks & Opening Lines

Hooks and opening lines to be added.

🪞 Nobody Wants to Hear Series

Song-specific versions to be added.

📱 POV Series

POV lines to be added.

🎬 Content Formats & Video Ideas

Video concepts to be added.

🔗 Stitch Targets & Seed Videos

Seed videos, creator targets, and hashtag bank to be added.

📝 Captions

Captions list to be added.

📅 Pre & Post Release Checklist

Populate from the Six-Week Cycle template on the Strategy page.

🎥 Music Video

Music video concept to be added.

💿 Sync & Licensing

Sync and licensing notes to be added.

📰 Press & Outreach

Pitch angles, target outlets, and outreach status to be added.

🪧 Billboard - One Per Song

Confirmed: every single in the campaign gets its own billboard. Not a phase-4 or cash-flow-permitting extra — a locked part of each release.
Billboard copy: To add — write this song's billboard line here.

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LyricsLyrics3:22

Written by Heather Davis & Mitch Townley · © Heather Davis & Mitch Townley

Verse

If love was a house
It would be built on
Acres of wildflowers kissed by the sun
Board by board
Of mountain red oak
Made to weather storms that will come
If love...If love was a house

If love was a house
There'd be a portrait
Of a storybook moment at the top of the stairs
And it would always smell like Christmas
Gypsies and Jesus would be welcome there
If love...If love was a house

Forgiveness would live anger
And faith would never be a stranger
And you'd see hope always hanging around
If love was.....a house

If love was a house
There'd be no backdoor
For a moment of weakness to sneak on in
And it would leave the front porch light on
So a heart could find it's way home again

If love...If love...If love was a house

AdminRegistration & RightsISRC · BMI · UPC · credits

Registration

ISRC

QTA6R2600021

Key

Db Major

BPM

ISRC source

Boomfox prefix

UPC (album)

To be assigned

BMI work registration

Not required Kris is not a writer

Publisher

Kris Bradley Music (BMI)
IPI 00821161184

Writer account (BMI)

KAMAI BRADLEY KRISTI LEAH K (550220798)

Writers

Mitch Townley, Heather Davis

Duration

3:22

Master format

48k/24 - needs converting for CD

Time signature

6/8

Recording year

2026

Release status

Unreleased

Label

Boomfox Productions LLC

Producers

Kris Bradley, Eric Torres, Blue Foley

Mix

Eric Torres

Mastering

Sam Moses

Where the files live

Master WAV: MCA Masters - Sept 8 (Google Drive)
ISRC allocation: MCA ISRC Master List (Drive, Admin folder)
Credits: Album Credits sheet (Drive)
BMI: applications.bmi.com, account KAMAI BRADLEY KRISTI LEAH K (550220798)