So, I just checked my earliest notes on this track--and I caught something that highlighted what I was talking about in the description.  About the earliest concepts for "Jetsam" was the phrase "try to maintain a direction in a minimal/deep house style without cluttering it up."  Yep--no matter what I aim for, the end result always ending up sounding exactly like...Interbay.

This is a dark-wave / new-wave track inspired by Depeche Mode. The theme is being different to others, and being happy out of place.

Lyrics:

Shadowed I walk alone
My world is dark like stone
They wear colors so bright
I can't join in their light
They laugh and shine so clear
But my heart holds the fear
In their glow I'm unseen
Caught in a world between

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

They see rainbows and sun
But for me it’s all gone
Their smiles don't touch my soul
In this dark I feel whole
In their world I’m a ghost
A shadow they have lost
No matter how they try
I’m a dark lullaby

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

I know you think I am cold
Invisible
A phantom that you cannot hold
At home in the dark

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

I'm lost in the night


Dark

This song was originally written as an acoustic track with just piano and vocals, and has been through multiple levels of feedback to reach its current stage. I have tried to approach overcoming isolation and depression in a way that is generally relatable, and to build to an optimistic conclusion. It's in Db Major, which is the musical equivalent of someone putting on a happy face.

Lyrics:

Did you ever feel that the world's not listening
Did you ever feel that the world just don't care
Did you catch a glimpse of the sky made of diamonds
Did you look again and it wasn't there

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

Did you ever think that you were a loser
Did you ever think that you didn't belong
Did you hear the song in the colors of the rainbow
Did you look again and it was gone

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

You're not the only one that's hurting
You're not alone in your pain
You can find solace in remembering 
That rainbows only follow rain


When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal your world and not fall apart

Yes, you can heal your world and not fall apart

The Illusion

Written, Performed and Produced by Sarah Paradise-Brown

This track is not yet mastered.. it may be a bit quiet... will do another mix before this becomes the final version.  This song will complete my album due for release on 22nd Sept (This year!) 🤪

Sometimes I feel nobody
But a stand-in for everybody
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

Love me when I am only
Too old and just sad and lonely
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

No matter if my world is falling down
My world is falling down
My world is falling down

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

Good Enough For You

I do love it when your brain just locks into an idea and it feels effortless to create something.  

I also like it when MY brain does that, too!  And that's what happened with "Quibble"--the latest Interbay track to drop exclusively here on SoundCloud.    

At 114bpm, it grooves instead of sprints.  The palette of sound colors is limited to just a few and the grind of repetition is a feature on this track, not a bug.  There is progression and there is acceleration, as the energy level of the song does built throughout the tracks length.  

And the lyrics construct a narrative that is about storytelling techniques and escaping a seemingly inevitable fate--"the magic of quibbles."  That sure feels like a worthy topic to make an Interbay song about!  

Is there at least a little bit of Rufus Du Sol influence here?  I think so.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  

"Keep your eyes out for those sly quibbles."  

Heading into the weekend, this slightly dark but still worthy of an enthusiastic dance track feels perfectly timed.  Hopefully you'll give this one a listen, a like, a repost and share.  Add it to a groovy dance playlist.  Leave a comment.  

Most of all, please give this page a follow.  If you'll look, there's nearly 500 original tracks in the back catalog of Interbay here--and all of these have been posted one per day for nearly 500 consecutive days.  That means, so far, every day brings a new surprise present for you to open up and check out--of course, it's always the same...a new Interbay track...but, those tracks sure aren't going to sound the same as each other!  

Worth it?  I think it is...though some may quibble with that admittedly biased opinion.

You should make your own decision.  To do that, you need to listen...and you should follow!

"Quibble" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Running on water

Crypto Obsession

Mia Wray - Ghost In My Machine (feat. Gabrielle Aplin) (cover)

We are all gods

Amantis

The Bunker

"The problem with Interbay," one of my friends once confided to me, "is that there are too many ideas in every track."  

Sharing that comment with you might seem like a humblebrag--it isn't.  At no point did my friend say that they were "good" ideas or even "memorable" ideas.  It was meant as an explanation for why they don't listen to Interbay.  

I know that I have difficulty editing myself--not just in music.  I know now that I have been blessed with a whole alphabet soup of neurodivergence and I get dopamine hits from novelty.  

I want too many ideas.   And, since this Interbay music project is--at least for the moment--about me pursuing my creative capabilities--and pushing them forward--rather than monetization or tailoring my creative efforts on behalf of an audience and their expectations (obviously, I want people to listen to Interbay and like Interbay--if I cynically craft a song that doesn't represent me, but chases trends or follows the formulas that define modern pop or dance music...it wouldn't be any more popular or beneficial to me.), you're getting me making the best music I can as guided by what I find interesting, what I think is good, and sometimes I'll indulge in choices that might not be the choices that others would make, or that the market would dictate.  

So, "Jetsam"  is a fun electronic dance song that balances a man singing about a woman he loves that doesn't love him back, a woman declaring that her current relationship is over because she has no more remaining interest, and a story about a man being tossed over the side of a ship on the sea and left to drown as the ship sails away.  

...even before we talk about the arrangement or the instrumentation of this track, that's already too much.  By some standards.  

For me?  To quote Norville Barnes, "Well, I'm for it."  

This is a classic kitchen sink Interbay dance song.  And I'm hoping you're into it.  I'm hoping you enjoy the rollercoaster ride.  I'm hoping that having made this track helps to inform the tracks I make in the future.  

I may, through experience, gain the ability to whittle down my ideas into something that would draw even more people to these rollercoasters.  I'm not against making music that lots of people can like.  I'm not even against the idea that someday I might make music that people might pay for...

...but at the moment,  at least for Interbay as it is now, too many ideas isn't automatically a bug, it could be a feature of my unfettered brain chemistry expressing itself creatively.  

This is the music that my brain digs.  It would be cool if you happen to dig it too.  

So, all I ask is that you give "Jetsam" a listen.  Like it, if you do.  Repost it, share it, or add it to a playlist if you REALLY like it.  Leeave a comment--bonus points if you keep it constructive!  

Most of all, please follow this page.  There's new Interbay EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far!) and you can watch the evolution of progress (and the indulgences of a creative endeavor)  in real time.  

I hope that sounds like fun to you.  :)

"Jetsam" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Post-punk, dance, indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (every day for over a year, so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience), based out of Seattle and Phantom Laboratories West.

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