October 11, 2023
This album is really starting
to grow into something I never
would have thought possible.
And what really sealed the deal
for me in that regard
was this most recent song
I started recording this week
called “Beautiful, Terrible”.
And YES that is also
the name of the new album.
This song is THE title track
of the album.
The epitome of it all.
I’ve had it in my back pocket
for a LONG time
except I didn’t have a bridge for it
until this last weekend.
And I absolutely love what
I came up with for it
(if I do say so myself, lol…
but hey! You gotta love what you
create right? If you don’t,
why are you creating it
in the first place? haha…)
Anyway, the bridge is
very explorative,
changes keys a few times,
and gets pretty dark.
I’ve never written anything
quite like it EVER.
More on that though on
I wanted to talk in this post
more about what
“Beautiful, Terrible” actually means.
Complete opposite words
of each other.
It goes hand in hand with the whole
Shadow / Light concept
I explored in my choose-your-own
adventure experience.
And that is…
you can’t have beautiful in life
without the terrible.
Life is very dualistic.
There could be beauty
all around a person
and yet it wouldn’t be
distinguishable as beauty
without a contrast of terrible things
around them too.
I don’t know why this fascinates me
so much.
I guess it’s because it helps me
appreciate when the difficult times
do happen in my life.
Having this overview perspective
really helps me embrace the terrible
because it allows me to
recognize the beauty even more.
Can’t wait for everyone to hear
this song when it’s finished!
I’m off to go create the
songs-in-progress page for it now!
/n8
“Fenwick & the Futures