Song for Kayla

We're always trying to stay focused and improve as a band. That's why, early on, we made a pact to get together at least once per week to perfect the songs we already know and to continually add new ones to our repertoire. Just about one year ago, a local restaurant owner kindly agreed to allow us to rehearse in one of his unoccupied banquet rooms on Tuesday nights. This past summer we had a very busy schedule, playing at least once, and sometimes twice, every weekend. But now that fall has arrived, our good fortunes are cooling off along with the weather. Now that are bookings have been reduced to one per month for the remainder of the year, rehearsals are that much more important since we have fewer live performances to keep us sharp. Today is Tuesday and I'm really looking forward to getting together with the guys in a couple of hours and making music again.

Tonight is an especially big deal because we're going to be unveiling our first original song. Reprise 60s is primarily a cover band and, at least for now, we plan to keep it that way. However, several months ago the regular Tuesday night waitress jokingly asked us to write a song for her. Week after week I promised her that we were making progress on her song, and that it would be finished "any day now." Truth is, there was no song for Kayla.

Then, one day a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting around strumming my guitar when I thought, why not? I grabbed a pen and paper, came up with a chord progression, and started writing down the words. Within a couple of hours (with a beer break or two in between) I had come up with Kayla's Song. Over the next few weeks, I tweaked the words and the chords and recorded a rough demo version for Bob, our lead guitarist. Between the two of us, we arranged the song and taught it to Phil (our rhythm guitarist) and Mike (drummer).

We still have a few kinks to work out in the arrangement, but I think we'll be ready tonight to play it for Kayla and the crew at Brothers Two. I hope they'll be pleased.

Could this be the start of a new direction for the band?