White Knuckle Kisses

Secret Sage got to play the Wormtown Music Festival this month. It was an awesome experience. Playing for a big audience. Sharing our songs with so many music lovers. I am so happy that music is taking me to new places. It's giving me new experiences and giving me new friendships. The more  life I put into music, the more music life puts into me.
The band has been so good for me creatively. The Calendar Project has already shown me the value of collaboration. Being able to collaborate with players completely dedicated to music forces me to up my game.
Tom sent us an email with an mp3 of a song he was writing. It wasn't long after that that Dani sent an email with her own mp3 of a song she had been working on.  Never wanting to be outdone I started putting my thoughts towards a song. Before I ever began crafting a tune I was searching for a topic. When I picked up the guitar I hoped for inspirado. Eventually, it hit.
I started writing the song the day before Wormtown and "finished" it the day after Wormtown.That was the marinating period where it was swimming in my head. I started trying to write about the notion of  being a young soul, and it turned into a love song. I guess that's never a bad thing. It's a personal song about love over time. I haven't put pen to paper with the lyrics until after it was "completed." I wrote the lyrics by singing it over and over till every mumble was filled in. The Ronnie Van Zant approach.
I was really happy with this one. I have been writing pretty steady since I got this one out. Happy to have friends to play it with. Happy to have a wife to sing it too. Happy to be happy.

White Knuckle Kisses