When I met Edgar he was excited about the possibility of writing a song together. It was something he never had done before, but he loved music and wanted to give it a shot.I assured him that as a team working together it would be easy.  He loved the band Social Distortion and he played me their song "Angel's Wings" as a template of the kind of sound he wanted to try to get. I was a little familiar with the Social D. sound so I thought it would be a great challenge to try to sound similar because that's what Edgar wanted.

He was a sweet soul and wise beyond his years. We talked about his faith and what he wanted to say in the song that we were about to write. He shared with me things that were very close to his heart and his bravery and honesty about his faith and his experiences were very touching. As he spoke, I wrote down everything I could and later turned that into the lyrics you see below. When I finished compiling his thoughts into a lyrical form, I added a melody and a chord progression that I thought would work.  I took it back to him nervously, and played it with my acoustic guitar with the hoped that he would like it. He was overjoyed and kept telling me over and over how much he loved the song, which of course made me very happy.

As the weeks went by the daily dealings of life took over and I had to pause on the production of the song. When last weekend came something pulled me,a feeling that I needed to start moving on it, so I did. The actual recording process was a total of two days, one for all the instruments(drums, guitar, bass, organ, etc.) and one for vocals. The mixing took about a day and a half, with me sending him versions of the song as the tracks were added.

The song was completed and was sent to him. His family told me that he listened to it and loved it. Hours later he was gone. 

I am proud that I got the chance to meet such an incredible spirit and to be able to turn his thoughts , words and his personal message into a song that he was proud of. Below is the song in it's completed form. I am sure he would have loved for you to listen to it too and to walk away knowing that "everything is going to be ok."