Kina Diaries: We found a song!

Hey friends!

I wanted to share with you a fun little tidbit from yesterday morning :)

Jesse and I were sitting across from each other on our couches, sipping our tea, doing some reading, when Jesse asked me, "Have you ever written a guitar riff in your head?" to which I answered "I'm not sure I've ever written a guitar riff."

A quick aside on guitar riffs for anyone who's unfamiliar--Jesse was reffering to a line of melody that gets played out in the guitar part (a good example of one is his song "Wherever You Go" http://spoti.fi/2mLOZWn) vs a guitar part that is simply strummed of finger picked in a more common fashion. ANYWAY.

Perhaps it was an exaggeration that I've never written a guitar riff, but I do tend to write less involved guitar parts. In any case, Jesse challenged me to attempt to write a guitar riff in my head. I sat for a minute or two testing out different melodic lines in my head, and then settled on one I thought was kind of nice. I sang it out loud to Jesse, who then picked up the guitar and started playing it. It was actually really lovely! I gave myself a little pat on the back. 

Jesse kept playing the the guitar part, and within a few minutes we were both humming along. A few minutes later we hummed another part. A few minutes after that we hummed a bridge, and then we kind of came-to and realized we had just co-written a song. !!! This is big news, because, while we definitely weigh in on each others songs all the time, we haven't actually written an entire song together since "I Knew This Would Be Love," some 8 or so years ago, so this was a momentous occasion!

So, that's my story. The song doesn't have a name yet, but it's really really lovely, and feels like mornings, and I think we'll make a duet out of it. Still working on the lyrics, but it's shaping up quiet nicely. :)

While I'm here, I might as well let you know that I'm releasing a new video tomorrow! It's a cover of a song released in the late 90s by a male-led band. Any guesses? 

Hope you're all well and thanks for being awesome <3

Kina