Motion ℗© 2016 Jacoby Davis

Composed, produced and mixed by Jacoby Davis.
Produced using LMMS.

Artwork by Jacoby Davis.
© 2016 Jacoby Davis

Motion (Original Mix)

Pankakez Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djflyingpankakez-official

Man was this a fun one to make. Pankakez and I had been talking about a collab ever since I did a remix of his first track posted to soundcloud. We finally got around to playing around with ideas, and I sent him the first 30 seconds of this song, and we both started working on our ends. I'm pretty sure both of us have our own individual stories behind our halves. Mine has to be that I was going through some emotional crap right around producing the first drop and it turned into a good conduit. There's a lot of emotion I put into this one.

We decided to do a versus style track in which we each took half and would meet in the middle. I start out the song and right around 2:36 is where it switches over to his. You'll be able to tell, both our styles are pretty different. Towards the end I take back over. 

Either way, enjoy!

Jacoby Davis & Pankakez - Above Us (Original Mix)

The Little Things ℗© 2018 Jacoby Davis (ASCAP)
Artwork and Photography © 2018 Jacoby Davis
Produced in LMMS by Jacoby Davis.
Composed by Jacoby Davis.
Distribution Services provided by Soundrop

This song has a lot of emotion at its roots.

Last year was nothing short of hell for me. The combined stress of a full-time job, attending college, and all the demands outside of those had me constantly on edge. During the latter portion of the year, I started suffering from actual mental breakdowns that would range from mild anxiety attacks to actual episodes where I'd suffer from a combination of full blown panic attacks, vertigo, and (on one occasion) loss of sensation in my lower legs and arms. There was probably only a handful of days each month where I actually felt completely happy and was able to relax.

So during the Christmas/New Years period of December, I started making drastic changes. I changed the shift at my job, changed my focus in educational/career pursuits and decided I was going to take control of my life.

The roots of this song took place a matter of a couple weeks after all this took place. January 29th, I came up with a small little melody while at work and wrote down what I remembered on a piece of paper. That week, every day that I wrote on it, I had a new piece of paper outlining some little idea until I had mostly finished the composing.

But the thing is, the song became a release for all the negative emotions I'd been carrying. The anger, frustration, and overarching pain from last year faded away as I worked on the song and was replaced with a combination of joy, comfort and a brightness of hope. The song became imbued with all those emotions along with a somber undertone--the remnant of what pain I still felt. And you know, in hindsight as I think back on last year--it's the little moments--the little thoughts--the little things that kept me going.

And thats where the title comes from. You don't need to have a perfect life to be happy. You don't need to have everything you ever wanted to be content. Despite all the stress, I still overall was a happy person and kept moving forward. Cause it's "The Little Things" that keep me going at the end of the day. Those little things can add up to a whole lot if you take the time to appreciate them.

Special thanks to James Robert Staten, Jerry Xu, Stakeout Punch, Jousboxx, Etorna_Z, Peeftube, Pankakez, MegaHOP, Dystany, and Poleroyd for all the critical feedback y'all gave me as I sent demos of early versions. Your feedback really helped me shape the track into what it was.

I'd also like to dedicate the song to the memory of Lisa Kimmell Jacobs--a wonderful woman in my hometown who passed away on the day I started writing this song.

The Little Things

The Little Things (Original Mix)

Writhe

To this day, my favorite comment I have ever scene about the early versions of this song was "who hurt you?" haha

Mirror, Mirror ℗© 2018 Jacoby Davis (ASCAP)
Artwork © 2018 Jacoby Davis
Produced in LMMS by Jacoby Davis.
Composed by Jacoby Davis.
Distribution services provided by Soundrop.

This one is an interesting one. I alluded to a lot of crap happening in my life when I posted The Little Things. Whilst The Little Things was me moving on from it, 'Mirror, Mirror' is the closest embodiment of all that I felt. Pain, anger, sorrow... everything I felt is in this song. 

I'm choosing to distribute the song independently, but future releases will not be made public as quickly as I'm making this one public so that I may properly approach labels to see if they have interest in my future works.

Mirror, Mirror

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