in lieu of flowers

write me a song

some chords and notes

for everyone to play along

seems like everyone's preoccupied

with my absence from the earth

but there are better ways to spend your time

than lowering me in the dirt

look to the person on your left

when was the last time

you grooved with them to a beat?

now to the person on your right,

ask them to sing with you

it doesn't matter if you're off key?

in lieu of flowers

write me a song

some chords and notes

for everyone to play along

it doesn't matter

if you think it all sounds wrong

in lieu of flowers

ask your friends to sing along

I mean, not really.

All pretty things hide secrets.

I went the full atmospheric route today. No beats, only melodies and chords. I'm calling it ambient, i know you might disagree. The bulk of the material is performed by a harp sound, which is surprisingly not common from me. Top that with a couple of mallet sounds, a soft brooding pad, and a flute melody and it makes for a very moody but not creepy listen. It's about being both dark as possible whilst also being very relaxed. I didn't want it to be creepy, but definately not happy at all. The ending mostly comprises of strummed piano chords in varying degrees, with particular emphasis on certain notes to make it very out of field, it's quite the complex harmony. All in all i actually love this, this might be one my strongest, the chord choices are really cool this week. Enjoy!

I recorded this in on an Intellijel Cascadia, a synth I’ve never used before, in a synthesizer shop in Vancouver, through the headphone speaker into my phone’s mic.

In the middle a customer came into the store and asked for a repair so you’ll hear some noise as well there.

(psst, this is a cats milly sample)