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I wrote this song on a bad day. one of those days where you’re not sure if you believe in your dream anymore. where you’re burnt out because you work so hard, but everything changes so quickly and keeps begging more of you, asking you to change how you do something when you finally figured out how you wanna do it.
my friend caleb (who produced this track) asked me and my other friend evan to get online to produce music together. we sometimes use this software that’s like facetime plus music production. so we all got on (on mute) and produced on our own. just knowing each other are there helps
eventually caleb played what he had and it was the meat and potatoes of this instrumental. immediately the words and melody started coming to my mind and this track was born in one quick session.
what I learned and remembered was that i had forgotten about the true joy of creation… the creation process. the joy is experienced when you let the art flow through you without focusing too heavily on what you’re gonna do with it or where it’s going to go or how it’s going to be received. it’s experienced when you let the energy flow.
that bad day turned into a great one. not only because i ended up with a cool song that really encapsulated how I was feeling that day, but because instead of sitting and stewing and wondering how/when/who/etc, i just let the music flow through me and REMEMBERED that that is what it’s all about. that’s why i do it.
to create without attachment is the whole point of creation. and to let these systems and structures trick us into trying to figure it all out before we even have the piece of art in our hands is to let these systems win.
do the art first and the rest will fall into place. but do the art for the sake of experiencing the flow of your creative life force. not because you’re waiting for it to fall into place. and not because you’re expecting anything.
wingo wingo
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Full lyrics:
floating in my center, grounding is my mentor, I don’t need a reason. Feeling through the seasons, oh. Where did all my patience go? When I’m drifting to and fro? Easiness is when I let myself be my second best. Who’s in first if I’m in last and it’s just me upon the raft? Like life of pi, my brain’s a tiger. I’m the boy, the raft is higher. there’s no sunlight in the church. It’s all filtered through the work of magic, colored plastic, open up my heart with acid. Billions, trillions, what’s the difference? When I die I’ll gain my vision. Finally i found my senses. Work for me, don’t build me fences. There’s no fear if we are one. Only thing to fear is none. Use your throat to make a friend. Remember where your ego ends, your heart begins. There is no sin so elevate and find your twins because life of pi my brain’s a tiger. I’m the boy the raft is higher.
