something, please give me something

okay, this song is pretty special. this is the sixth original song of the year, and this means that i have now released as many songs as i released in 2020! the seventh song after this will be a tree planting record!

i will continue and i'm excited to see how many songs i will release, and how many trees i will plant. so far 60 trees. i will celebrate with chocolate!

this song is about zelda - breath of the wild. When link wakes up in a cave in a water tank. (hence the reverb synth, it's like dripping water that echoes). Also when link climbs mountains, or lies in the grass looking up into the stars. No memories of his earlier life, doesn't remember who he is, all alone in this world, searching for someone he once knew. if you know zelda games, you will notice a lot of similar words, for example "green" and "bravery". he is the symbol of courage or bravery in these games.

like seven days a week

this song i so good, so simple but there's so much that happens in this song, and it's fun to experiment with the vocal reverbs. (i used the mannym reverb.) it's nice to take some production tips from covers you make, you learn a lot by just analyzing, breaking down and building up a cover with the original song as a reference track.

behind my camera my cat lupin wanted my attention so the real clip is full of unsatisfying meows. after the video we played with the suncats in the bedroom.

next song is called "braver", time to focus on that.

bye! ( ^..^)ﾉ

my small acts of courage will someday shine!

the fifth song of 2021 is out called "i can!". it's already been five songs(!!) and i'm really excited for how many songs i can release this year. i feel now, after three months, that my music making habits seems to work.

i don't feel resistance when it's time to go inside my studio to produce. i just go inside and start, no matter how good or bad the production goes. the things that works for me is:

1. decide what days in the week you want to create (for me: monday, tuesday, thursday)

2. decide what time (for me: 19:30)

3. create an alarm that goes off at that time and get to work (this is called a trigger)

4. create for a pre-determined time, and you can do more but it's important to stop

5. decide for a deadline (for me: release day in two weeks on sunday)

6. after the release, get to the next project immediately, don't stop

i also know that it's often not a lack of energy that gets me to skip a production day, it's all about my emotions. my mood. this week, i just wasn't into producing because of a longer workday. so i started to watch some old music videos i've done, and i got inspired to create, i got into a better mood and actually produced that day.

my goal is to continue creating music, so i've made this a habit. i want to make it casual and sustainable because it's important to me. and i have fun!