Hello again friends. I'm sorry to have been scarce over the last little while. So far this year I lost a laptop and had to have a Go Fund Me campaign to replace it. Then we had the Deraycho wind storms followed by hurricane Beryl. But during all that time I continued to sing and play around with writing songs. And I think I have come up with a really powerful song this time. In my first book I wrote about not waiting until tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, or that mythical time known as someday. So, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a song about not waiting on someday came into my mind and heart. It started with just the chorus which came to me one night when I was having trouble sleeping. I had to play around with it a little bit, but it just seemed to leap into my brain. It goes like this: Cause you'll never have enough courage, you'll never have enough time. Cause you'll never have enough money, you'll never have enough spine. Just do it as good as you can, and do it better the next time. Cause if you're waiting on that someday, you'll be waiting the rest of your life. I shared this with several friends including my amazing editor and long-time friend Lorraine Reguly. I recorded the chorus and sent her the audio. It turned out she was having trouble sleeping. So, she wrote back right away. This is what she had to say. I hope she doesn't get upset with me sharing this. Holy s--t, Max, I f---ing love it! Excuse the cussing! It just means I'm excited! I'd love to hear the rest of the song! Definitely put energy into this one. It's bloody brilliant! I feel her response is important to the story behind the song and will become more important by the end of this post. You see, she wasn't the only one who told me how special this song could be. And that is why it has taken me over a year to get to this point. First, the verses didn't come as easily as the chorus did. Mainly because the words in the chorus pretty much forced me into phrases that end with a strong a sound. And once I wrote the first verse, I found that that too put me in a writing corner. Thankfully, I have a great friend who is a writer and a poet. Lorraine had some great ideas. I was able to give her two full verses and half of the third verse about taking small steps each day. She finished the third verse for me, and made a great suggestion about the last line of the second verse. She advised me that "when we are in the wrong place" was much more positive than the original "when trying to save face". But her most important contribution came to how I was singing the song. I was singing it in a higher pitch with my voice going up at the end of each line. She pointed out that my voice is more suited for singing songs in a lower pitch. Something I knew, but that doesn't maen I don't aspire to sing up higher. She was on facebook messenger with me and sang it over and over showing me how it would sound its best. It took me a long time to re-learn the song from the way I heard it in my mind to the way she encouraged me to sing this song. Even with her help, I was still having trouble finishing the song and sending it out into the world. I was afraid that I wasn't going to be able to do the song justice. I hated the idea of not living up to the potential of the song. I recorded and re-recorded. I tried verses and the chorus different ways. I did multiple test recordings to check my equipment. I just kept putting it off. So, I thought why not use those feelings. I mean it is important for you to know that I too sometimes struggle with putting things off until someday. So, I wrote a fourth verse. I wrote about how I thought this song could be special and let it put more pressure on me. And how I finally took great advice and sang it anyway. I remembered those times when I stood in front of audiences and told the...
