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I think I’ve got the order of

the new album nailed down!

After updating the rest of

the songs-in-progress pages

I started playing around with

the order of all of them.

Usually when I get to this point

I start listening through them

to see if there is an overall

story being told.

The way I have them

organized now

makes a lot of sense.

Given that the album is called

“Beautiful, Terrible”

the idea is that there are

contrasting moments in life

like “Shadow” and Light”

as I’ve discussed previously.

The terrible things that happen

to us in life help give meaning

to the beautiful things which occur…

And vice versa.

This album really follows that,

starting with songs that

represent the terrible

and ending with songs that

represent the beautiful.

After listening through them

and really contemplating them

this week I finally settled in

with a good order I’m happy with.

With that, there are a couple songs

that I felt like didn’t fit in

with the overall flow

of the overall story being told.

I like to consciously make these

decisions based on this overall

story arch that I’m

trying to attain.

There may still be room for

one surprise song though haha!

Usually that happens towards

the end of recording all the songs

on an album..

One song might crop up

out of nowhere,

and I’ll know exactly where

to place it amongst the others.

We’ll see if that happens

this time though since

I’m pretty happy with the

order and overall story now.

Now that everything feels

more structured,

I feel like I’m going to be able to

make better decisions on

each song as I finish recording

the individual remaining songs.

You may notice that 3 of the songs

are also on the Mind Cycles EP.

A little backstory on that…

Those three songs

I started recording them

back in 2020 when

this album was originally

going to be called

“Beautiful, Terrible Lies”.

When the world shut down that year

I hit an all-new level of depression

as I’m sure most of

the world did at that time,

and I had to step

away from music for a bit.

I had finished those three songs

before the depression got too bad,

but when I finally came out of it

and was ready to continue

working on the album

I had a couple other

songs crop up that I

didn’t feel like they fit with the

whole “Beautiful, Terrible” theme

so that’s why I released

those three songs early

on the Mind Cycles EP

to give listeners

a taste of the upcoming

“Beautiful, Terrible” album.

My hope is that if you have the

Mind Cycles EP, that those 3 songs

will have even more meaning

when heard in the context of

the full “Beautiful, Terrible” album.

:)

Anyway, I’m very excited to

have this more structured

direction heading into 2024!

And I’m looking forward to

continue chugging away at this

album until it reaches

exactly what I envisioned it to be

back when the idea for it was

conceived back in 2020.

/n8

“Fenwick & the Futures

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