Under Blue Skies

[FreeEarCandy]

I wrote this song around early spring 2016. I entered the studio and began fooling around with various sounds on my keyboard, looking for inspiration. After a long period of getting nowhere and not feeling inspired by anything I found, I came across a sound effect that seemed to match exactly how I felt about the progress I was making. It was the sound of my time going down the drain. Amused by the irony, I put the keyboard away and grabbed my faithful acoustic guitar. That's when I latched onto something that wouldn’t let me go. It was like I was under a spell and couldn’t break away.

Many hours passed, feeling like minutes, until I had completed the musical arrangement. When I looked at the clock, I was shocked to see I had been up for at least 48 hours. I must have drunk six pots of coffee through the whole ordeal and was looking for more because I didn’t want to fall asleep in the middle of the day and begin a vampire sleep cycle. But I was completely out of beans. So I drove one mile down the road to the local coffee shop to grab an extra-large cup of rocket fuel, hoping it would keep me awake for at least six more hours.

As I sat in the parking lot of the coffee shop, sipping my brew in the noonday sun with my window wide open, the sun was warm as I inhaled the cool spring air into my exhausted body. I knew I wasn’t going to last six more hours. My eyes began to close as I sat there, watching the people energetically hustling and bustling as my mind surrendered. I didn’t want to move another inch, but I knew I couldn’t fall asleep sitting in my truck at a coffee shop parking lot. But there was a part of me that really didn’t care. It just felt so good sitting there in the warm sun, breathing that cool spring air.

I do not remember publishing this tune and I have no records that I did.  So you will be the first the hear it after all these years.

The title is Under Blue Skies. Hope you enjoy it.

 

Edited February 13 by FreeEarCandy

[equality]

Time flies when you're in a flow right?  I don't think I have been up that many hours but easily 24 hrs. I notice after a while that I can't hold focus and that I forget the changes I intended to make. This is during the second the handicraft part. In the first creative part, I find lack of sleep could be advantageous, seems like there are no filters that hold creativity back. I like the mood in your song very much.  Instrumentation, playing and singing are flawless. Takes me back to seventies but still sounds modern. Wish it lasted longer. 

[FreeEarCandy]

4 hours ago, equality said:

Time flies when you're in a flow right?  I don't think I have been up that many hours but easily 24 hrs. I notice after a while that I can't hold focus and that I forget the changes I intended to make. This is during the second the handicraft part. In the first creative part, I find lack of sleep could be advantageous, seems like there are no filters that hold creativity back. I like the mood in your song very much.  Instrumentation, playing and singing are flawless. Takes me back to seventies but still sounds modern. Wish it lasted longer. 

Thanks! I may have exaggerated a bit about the time, but I do know it was more than 24 hours. I think my issue in the moment was fear of losing the mood before I completed the arrangement and performed the final analogue instrumentation recordings. I tend to forget what I'm doing after a long breaks and lose a bit of muscle memory.  Also, I was an impatient neophyte still learning all the features in my DAW and making tons of mistakes. Yes. I'm a boomer too and also wishing things lasted longer.

Stay well, Equality... Underneath these blue skies.

[bjornpdx]

I like the clock like sounds at the beginning. Kind of a hint what you were going through while writing the song.

Some songs just have an overall ethereal quality to them that lifts my mood nicely and this is one of them. Well done!

-Bjorn

[KSband]

Nice tune. There are a lot of cool sounds going on.

[Bajan Blue]

Good tune, some great sound effects going on

Cool Stuff, enjoyed this

Nigel