At the beginning of the year I decided that I wanted to release an EP for each member of my family. The Ep ended up being called “My Little World” and featured 4 tracks. One for my wife, one for both of my daughters, Grace and Amber, and one for me.
“Written In Her Eyes” was written back in 2017. It was one of those times that improvising around turned out a short but sweet composition pretty quickly. This is always easier when you decide to stick to familiar chord progressions as you can cycle through them fairly easily. Choosing just 4-6 chords makes the music feel more pop like but can also make the melody and patterns stick as they are simpler.
Just like a pop song, this piece is based around a verse and chorus hook and switches back and forth between the 2 parts a few times with minimal build. This was designed to keep the music intimate and delicate. I wanted it sound loving and caring but also to seem like an unspoken conversation between myself and Kate.
I can always tell when Kate feels content as her eyes shine and I thought this encapsulated the piece quite nicely. Sometimes it doesn't need to be a big declaration of love. Sometimes just a look will tell you all you need to know.