'Bokeh' by Sage Rogan
Music & Lyrics by Sage Rogan
Produced by Troy Rogan & Sage Rogan
Mixed by Hayden Francis
Mastered by Matthew Gray at Matthew Gray Mastering

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LYRICS:

Shortbread houses, silver tinsel
Holly wreaths and handmade angels 
Perfect like it was when you were nine
Been a while, I miss your shy smile
Don’t know why all your plans are
Still wrapped tight in brown paper and twine

I think we’ll be okay 
Fragmented like bokeh 
Beautiful diffusion left behind
Framing open doorways
Lining every hallway
In the shadows chasing our own light

Still afraid to fall asleep
On dreams that might not wake up with me 
Flickering, never meant to be
Sleep soundly

I think we’ll be okay 
Fragmented like bokeh 
Beautiful diffusion left behind
Framing open doorways
Lining every hallway
In the shadows chasing our own light

The cold is creeping in
I wear my winter skin
The city’s quiet now
Our thoughts are way too loud
Fumble to find your keys 
We wonder where we’ll be 
This time next year

I know we’ll be okay 
Fragmented like bokeh 
Beautiful diffusion left behind
Framing open doorways
Lining every hallway
In the shadows chasing our own light 
Beautiful diffusion left behind

Bokeh

Labels. Artists generally utilise labels (e.g., freelance musician and educator) as a one-sentence elevator pitch of what they do in the industry. It's commonly seen at the start of biographies,  advertisements and social media. Nowadays, labels can be extended to express the details of one's gender, nationality, sexuality and much more. It is no longer just a one-sentence elevator pitch, but rather a way of positioning ourselves in the world by choosing to be identified by these 'labels'. It may just be a few extra words to say or write, but it can create a big impact to the world. What are your thoughts about labels? Leave a comment or e-mail us at musiciansumuted@gmail.com. You can also visit our website at www.musiciansunmuted.weebly.com

Music Credits 
Opening Theme by Daniel Kassulke 
Closing Theme by Anna Kho

Episode 41: Labels

Opening with a melancholic interplay between samples, guitar harmonies and soft flutes, the track soon swells with distorted voices, shimmering percussion and plaintive orchestral sweeps. For producer George Cloke, the meditative ebb and flow of the soundscapes incite the indefinable and unreliable process of remembering. 

Themes of memory, community and nature are explored throughout Spring In A Small Town’s self titled debut album, which releases on Flau 15th May.

Spring In A Small Town - Memoria

This is an ode to the Rational Academy, a great Brisbane band, but also to a time in my life and the life of the city. 

I associate this song with the scene I was involved with in the late 2000s-early 2010s, and all the social connections it facilitated. It was really formative for me, this world of bands, DIY venues, and bedroom recording, and I still listen to a lot of the music my friends made back then. 

At the same time as playing in crumbling rooms I was also studying music composition and becoming obsessed with American minimalism and post-minimalism. That was also really influential, and is still a big part of my musical style.

So when I randomly decided to do a cover of 2004, it weirdly just morphed into this strange minimalist mash-up. I hadn't really intended this to mean anything, but it is kind of like a reconciliation of these two very formative paths I was taking in this particular time of life.

2004 (Rational Academy Cover)

A private test recording - the basis of my performance at Oscillo Scape 13 (May 10th 2019).

Untitled

Hallelujah Junction— John Adams (Sam Mitchell— two pianos)

Float in a dreamworld with the one and only @peterbroderick. In his latest, Earnest Leslye, a radiant piano melody glides above a bed of bubbling synths, feeding our minds with inspiration and our ears with an air of calm.

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🎬 youtu.be/cNXM5ucnJlw

Entry no 4 in our summer single series. Artwork by Mikhail Mishin.

Earnest Leslye

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Peter Broderick - Earnest Leslye

Australian Composer & Video Artist. 
Father of two, Social Media Defector, Monotasker.
PhD in composition from UQ under Rob Davidson.
Mr. Maps (math-rock)
Nonsemble (chamber/indie-classical)
Software of Seagulls (electronica)
Artless Pursuit (pop)
Various other audiovisual work, notated compositions, and one-off projects.

2004 (Rational Academy Cover)

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