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I began work on a new song on or around 28 June 2024. I listened to several Spotify playlists with songs that were giving me some “goosebumps”. That is usually a sign I may be moving into my music creation zone take-off point. I picked several songs I really liked and honed in on a particular song from a playlist called Indie Pop/Rock|Discoveries by the Daily Dose. The song was call Reckless Careless by Seth Gauton. He seems to be a young, largely unknown artist. I know nothing else about him and had never heard of him prior to my somewhat random song discovery. I wish him much success in the future. BTW I did follow him on Spotify as my Thank You note.
Anyway, I digress, I used his song as my reference track. I like to often use a reference track #1 for final balance and mixing reasons but also #2 as a means to emulate a song vibe and feel I am after. I did this most recently on a song I created with Ed Bejzak called Even Fail. We used a song by the Eels called Daisies Through Concrete. The final song I create is always very, very different from the reference but it is always interesting to me to look back and see if I hit the genre tone and swing I was after. My end product usually does not…ok…perhaps it hints at it…you can judge.
Once I have the song, I carefully listen and dissect it. This is when I often fall into my creation cauldron and deep dive into a swirling tidal twilight zone of music painting. I can disappear for hours at a time if I have the space that enables this. Fourth of July long hot weekends work perfectly fine. I may go into more specifics of my music making craft in future write-ups but I do realize this is often interesting only to ardent DIY music creation dabblers.
Well, my blog grows long today so I will soon bring this to a close. You can compare Seth Gauton's song Reckless Careless to my new song once I release it. I did successfully complete my song on 6 July 24 but you will not likely hear it for many, many moons as I will be letting it sink into my simmer pile to stew for a bit. My simmering process may be another worthy article topic in and of itself.
The new song's current working title is Glide and it has to do with an "almost" lucid dream I had several months ago in which I found myself able to run along a city street but also lift up my feet and glide for long distances. Essentially floating above the surface; skipping for longer and longer distances. It was very cool, especially the part where I realized I could control this (the lucid part).
As I reflect back on my long weekend, I am once again, reminded how lucky I am indeed to be able to create music, have wonderful family around me and the time and means to play in total creative freedom. This space must also be coupled with a burning, relentless and focused prioritization of the creation process. I try not to take this for granted. I thank the mysterious universe for this boon of interest, space, time and means.
BTW…if you would like to hear a snippet of my latest song creation called Glide just let me know. I'd be happy to share the rough draft with the curious. Otherwise, you can expect final release some time, hopefully, in the not to distant future. I have a few more songs simmering in the stew I will be now turning my attention to. More on my next song release plans in my next upcoming music journal entry. This write-up serves as a personal anchor point to remind me of the time and place a new song came into being >> Welcome to the world "Glide".
Thank You All and Peace
Dave