Bitbear's contribution to TRSAC 2025's Oldschool Music Competition.

This song was originally made in Renoise with lyrics and vocals in mind, but as I've been struggling with insomnia the last months, I've focused on exercise to exhaust my body such that I'm able to sleep. This has given much less time to make music than I would like, and the vocals are thus still incomplete.

Also, to my surprise, TRSAC doesn't have a Streaming Music compo this year.

I can thank my wife for urging me to reproduce this song in Impulse Tracker so I can now happily submit it to TRSAC 2025's Oldskool Music Competition.

I have to admit that felt liberating producing in Impulse Tracker again after not using it for over 25 years. I'm definitely going to be spending more time producing oldskool tracker modules in the coming months, which excites me!

The idea for the song is that we all have hard days, especially as of late, and that everything seems bleak and depressing – I feel you. Times are hard. However, we all need to remind ourselves that we matter, we have value, and we are loved by someone.

Lyrics:

If you feel like you’re worn out.
Stretched thin, unable to make it through.
I feel you.

In constant doubt and frustration.
Stressed out, ‘ca use everything’s overdue.
I feel you.

Petrified and small.
You crawl into a ball.
It may feel like you have lost it all,
But you are not alone.
I will cradle your fall.

Depressed and in isolation.
Feels like everything’s painted blue.
I feel you.

Can’t speak, just wanting to scream out.
A message hoping to reach you too:
I feel you.

We all have a role
A purpose in it all
Face your fears, break down your wall,
You are not alone
Rise and answer your call!

I Feel You

I Feel You (Impulse Tracker Mix)

Bitbear is Asbjørn Ulsberg's tone-hammering, beat-juggling and demoscene participating alter ego.

Banner and logo design by http://anne.li.

Bitbear started fiddling with music in Pro Tracker on the Amiga 500 in the early 90's. But first when he got his hands on Scream Tracker and Fast Tracker on a PC, he started producing "real" music under the alias "Power of Creation".

He created two albums and submitted songs to various demoscene competitions throughout the 90's until he put his musical career on the shelf until it was rebooted in 2012 by entering the Kindergarden 2012 Dance Music Competition under the new-found alias Bitbear.

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