An audio snapshot of the act of becoming from concept to existence. It's a dark and creepy path to tread, wandering the loose connections of the creative mind.
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Story behind the song
I'd written the words a few weeks beforehand, thinking that they'd fit well as a voiceover atop some vague, artsy kind of music.
Tonight, I pulled out the electric viola, ran it first through the chorus and delay pedals, then through some distortion for a second track, and popped in a little bit of bass guitar to give it some acoustic depth.
But when it came time to do the voiceover, something made me wonder if I should show the dark side of the muse. The moment when the muse grabs you by the throat and says "You are going to sit down right now, because there is something beautiful that wants to come into existence, and you are going to be its conduit. I don't care how much it hurts, SIT DOWN AND CREATE, BITCH."
So I decided to try a few techniques I've wanted to attempt, lifted from Dani Filth's toolbox. I creeped myself the hell out on the first listening of this demo.
Lyrics
Potential is in the air, like the sharp tang of ozone. Something wants to come into being.
And I can make it so. I can allow this thing its existence, with only a bit of effort on my own part. I have the opportunity to do good, while doing no harm.
I am an ARTIST. A Creator. This thing that is to be would not exist, but for my shaping hands, my lips which speak its name. Something from nothingness, and I am PROUD that I can do such a thing.
I'm not doing this for the people who may listen. I love you, whomever you are. I love you because you are taking the time to hear me speak, hear me making these noises that might be kind of pleasing to the ear. Because the thing that I have created has enough value to you that you experience it willingly. But you're not the reason it comes to exist.
This is a collaboration. Not between two people, but between Creator and Noumenon. For now, it's taking shape - exiting the nonexistence of potential, and becoming a Phenomenon, a Thing.
Reification has occurred. From the Latin, Res, a thing. Abstract has become concrete. And YOU, my friend, have experienced the process thereof.
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