A fun song I wrote thinking about how people change over the years .. How how you can't believe your eyes when you see how they grew up...

I wrote this with Hunter Leath. Hunter writes for Daywind Music, and he produced and sang on the demo.

For those perfectionist songwriters listening, this is one that should make you laugh and/or cringe...whichever. This is the worst arrangement ever and it took many hours of my time to get it this bad. I wanted a country rock song and I got this.

It's a look back at a marriage.

'Be on Your Best' was inspired by Lori McKenna's 'Humble & Kind'. I wanted to write a song that delivered a message to my children, or as it turns out, to my sons. I did nothing more than keep myself open to the idea of this type of song. I remember having a true feeling of patience and really knowing what I wanted. At some point, many days after that, the phrase 'be on your best behavior' came to me. Then I had the idea to simply shorten it to 'be on your best'. Then I knew I had it - I only needed to write it then, which flowed pretty easily after I had the title and theme.

This is a co-write with Mark Monument, his words [with only light massaging from me] and my music. I recorded this with my iPhone for the sake of posterity. Any lags in the delivery are due to me scrolling lyrics while playing.

Written in recognition of the Songwriting For Nature program www.songs4nature.ca and their influence on me as a songwriter. They welcome writers of the world to bask in the wonder of the Canadian prairies of Saskatchewan. Next camp is 12-SEP-2019

I wrote this based on a Facebook conversation between two music friends and when one of them lamented the state of the music industry, the other replied, "I would have told you had I known you..." The first replied, "We met in the quicksand..."

It's a song about how some one can be good even world class at something but lacking in the most important ways.