Jean Claude Vancell

Chocolate

9 11 2009

Do you like chocolate? I’d die for it. I have a sweet tooth, so chocolate tops my food list, even though I wasn’t having much lately. To compensate I wrote a song about it… the kind of song inspired by those great black & white photos with little children in it - the feeling of nostalgia in those photos is great. So, I wrote a song called ‘Chocolate Cake’ back in August. It’s a story of a little boy and a little girl who grew up as the best of friends, but life led them to different paths. Anyway, the chocolate cake is what binds these two people together, probably forever. It was that kind of song that just happened - I had to record it quickly before I forgot it. In a matter of 3 hours I wrote, composed, and produced this song. Since I’m a perfectionist, that version was not good enough for me, so I had to record it another 3 times before I was completely happy. I’ll probably wake up tomorrow, hear the song and decide I can do better and give it another go. Yes, I am obsessive. I like to get it right.

I believe in ever lasting love - maybe I’m naive, but being my age I would want to believe that some things do last forever. Life is made of all sorts of horrid things and experiences, so happy endings are what I wish for. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the realistic side of life - but through experience, I learned that you need to dream, and dream big, for stuff to happen. Dreams do come through - you just have to work hard at them.

Wishing you a piece of chocolate cake,