Hello and happy Friday. This will be my last post of the year and I wanted to leave you with something positive, so I put together a little demo of a song I’ve been working on recently.
For this one I was influenced by songs and poems in which the author gives advice and best wishes to their son or daughter. Whether it be Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young: “May you build a ladder to the stars / And climb on every rung…” or Shakespeare’s Polonios speaking to his son Laertes: “To thine ownself be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man.” Or how about John Steinbeck in a letter to his son: “The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.” And then there’s this little kernel of wisdom from the Drive By Truckers: “Don’t call what you’re wearing an outfit.”
Specifically I was inspired by something Harper Lee wrote: “Love, then is a paradox: to have it, we must give it.” It reminds me of the last line on the last song on the last recorded Beatles album: “"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make". In my song love is like that, it’s a responsibility. You got it. Now give it.
That’s all I got. Thank you for reading and listening this year of 2025.
And since I’m quoting everyone under the sun, let me end with this one: “Have fun storming the castle!”
Peace out friends! -Mick
Sing Into the Wind By Mick Chorba ©2025 Dinner Time Music ASCAP When you wake up in the morning When the day is new May you always feel the light That's shining down on you Shining down on you Don’t stare into the darkness Sing into the wind I stared into the darkness too long Don’t stare into the darkness Sing into the wind And the wind will sing The wind will sing The wind will sing, along May you find someone to marry Someone to be true And may you find someone to give The love we gave to you The love we gave to you Don’t stare into the darkness Sing into the wind I stared into the darkness too long Don’t stare into the darkness Sing into the wind And the wind will sing The wind will sing The wind will sing, along May your days be filled with glory And stories strange and tall Don’t forget our love for you Don’t forget to call No don’t forget to call Don’t stare into the darkness Sing into the wind I stared into the darkness too long Don’t stare into the darkness Sing into the wind And the wind will sing The wind will sing The wind will sing, along
January 2026 Shows
Sat. 1/3, Double Nickel Brewing, Pennsauken, NJ (full band - another short set as part of the Original Artist Circuit) time tba though looking at some time between 6:00 and 8:00
Thu. 1/8, Needle Creek Brewery, Pennington, NJ (Mick Solo) 4:30 - 7:30
Sat. 1/17, Flounder Brewing Co, Hillsborough Twp, NJ (full band) 6:00 - 9:00
Tue. 1/20, Hamilton Twp. Library Songwriting Workshop, (Mick’s thing) 6:00 - 8:00
Sat. 1/31, Needle Creek Brewery, Pennington, NJ (Mick/Ron Duo) 1:00 - 5:00
If you haven’t gotten a chance to have a listen to our new EP here are the links:
Order the vinyl record or CD via Bandcamp (and get a digital download of the EP - we’ll sign the vinyl cover for you if you ask nicely)
What I’m listening to:
My parents got me a Ray Charles album on vinyl for Christmas (1961) - The Genius Sings the Blues. Been listening to that
Bob Dylan. Blood on the Tracks (1974) and More Blood on the Tracks (2018). On vinyl. Heavy rotation.
What I’m reading:
I just started the 4th novella in Stephen King’s book Four After Midnight (1990)
I posted this video from 11/15/25 on social media and YouTube this week. In case you missed it here it is.
We've been playing this song since 2018 - hundreds of shows - and every time Pete plays something completely different during his solo. I always look forward to what's going to come out of him! He didn't disappoint during this performance on 11/15/25. Check out our live-in-studio version that appears on our album "Pack Up Your Shadows" from 2020 (this is the version featured on Willie's Roadhouse on SiriusXM) available on all streaming services. - Mick
