November 1, 2023
It’s been a whole week now that the new
FUTURE SPHERE Discord server
has been up and running!
I’ve never done Discord before but
HOLY COW is it amazing!
I’ve witnessed all these people
who didn’t know each other before
come into this group together and
find common ground and relate with each other,
support and share inspiring things with each other.
I can’t help but feel grateful that
the music is what initially brought them together.
Several of them can’t believe how much
they have in common with each other.
All of this is so inspiring to me
especially as I have been writing
my next song called “We Are One”
which is all about how even though this
distorted reality appears to show us
that we’re all separate
in actuality, we are all connected, we are all one.
This song will be the
final song and epic finish on
the upcoming record.
Right now it’s just barely at
the acoustic sketch writing phase.
I only have 2 more songs to finish sketching
and then I’m off to finish recording.
I like to hop around from song to song when
recording a full album.
If I stay too fixated on one song for
any period of time
I get too hyper-focused on it
which in turn causes it not to sound as good.
But if I flow from song to song
as the inspiration leads me to do,
I can then come back to each song
with fresher ears and continued ideas
which formed while working on another song.
This also helps the album feel more cohesive,
helps each song feel more cohesive with
the rest of the songs on the album.
So tonight I’m going to finish up the
Songs-In-Progress page for “We Are One”
and then I’ll move on to the last two songs.
One of which is just about finished sketching out
while the last one is still at
the early brainstorming phase
(the song I’m wanting to write for our cat Luna).
There is a thread on the new Discord channel
where people can share their feelings
about their pets as I continue to
brainstorm this song for Luna.
I have a song written for each of my kids
so I figure it’s time to write one now for our cat. :)
Which I’ll admit, is very new territory
for me, writing a song for an animal haha.
I’m very much looking forward to the challenge.
Until next week!
/n8
“Fenwick & the Futures