This is an interesting and emotional song for me. The initial guitar chords and melodies came from me improvising on guitar. I tend to use open notes a lot, which these chords rely on. The melody requires focus to play, so it feels kind of meditative. I felt that it was right to add my Fathers instrument, the brass globe to this song as the rhythm section. My Father passed away a number of years ago, and I inherited the brass globe. This is the first official song that I use it in. Maybe that’s the reason why the choir sounds fairly sad. My Father and I never really played any music together, I think I never felt like I was skilled enough to participate, but I also never asked. He was always encouraging me to make music, I assume he thought I was disinterested in collaborating. There was no real overlap in the music we made at the time.
The Song gains more melodies and complexity as it goes on, a string section and a piano melody joins. This represents a racing mind, having multiple thoughts at once, a form of small chaos. The rhythmic breathing then starts, reducing individual instruments over the course of the song, returning to the single guitar melody, ending on a happy note. This is inspired by the process of mindful meditation. I mixed and re-mixed this song at least four times, it never sounded quite right, but after giving it a week, I am quite happy with how it turned out.
This is an interesting and emotional song for me. The initial guitar chords and melodies came from me improvising on guitar. I tend to use open notes a lot, which these chords rely on. The melody requires focus to play, so it feels kind of meditative. I felt that it was right to add my Fathers instrument, the brass globe to this song as the rhythm section. My Father passed away a number of years ago, and I inherited the brass globe. This is the first official song that I use it in. Maybe that’s the reason why the choir sounds fairly sad. My Father and I never really played any music together, I think I never felt like I was skilled enough to participate, but I also never asked. He was always encouraging me to make music, I assume he thought I was disinterested in collaborating. There was no real overlap in the music we made at the time.
The Song gains more melodies and complexity as it goes on, a string section and a piano melody joins. This represents a racing mind, having multiple thoughts at once, a form of small chaos. The rhythmic breathing then starts, reducing individual instruments over the course of the song, returning to the single guitar melody, ending on a happy note. This is inspired by the process of mindful meditation. I mixed and re-mixed this song at least four times, it never sounded quite right, but after giving it a week, I am quite happy with how it turned out.