The Ledge

Desert

This song was created a few months before my life was dramatically changed. I was well aware of my current state, being addicted to unhealthy substances around every corner. Not wanting to confront it, it built up more and more pressure in me until finally my mental state was directly affected by it. Listening back on the song now, it takes me back to a very different life than the one I live now. Having changed my life, the songs that followed this song up have a very different tone to them. Addiction was unfortunately an extremely large part of my life, and it was destroying me faster than I could comprehend. When I decided on a title for the track, that wasn’t what was in my mind though. It was through someone close to me suffering from addiction that gave me the idea.

Addiction

063 is my way of saying OCD. I made this track after finding out about my condition. My condition got worse for about a week, and I was alright with it. I stopped letting the little things bother me, although some still got in my head. Having an answer to why I was thinking the way I was for so long, I became really hopeful and optimistic. That’s a feeling I haven’t been able to have in my life for a very long time, so I made a song about it.

In Snow Storm I was looking to make a synth wave type of track, but created something I envy. I used a layering technique that I’ve practiced but never truly got to what I wanted. This track, being made about a week and a half after 063, is a direct follow up to the break through I was starting to feel on 063. Having a more content outlook on my life while still having some severe loneliness, I created one of my favorite sounds I’ve made yet. The intro and outro being the same felt lazy to me at first, but then I realized how smart it was. I start most of my days feeling lonely, develop a better outlook throughout my day and by night I feel lonely again. My 063 picks up that cycle and runs with it. But I’m content with my cycles now, I can harness them to the potential I give them. That gives me a strong sense of bliss, which you can hear through a Snow Storm. I’ve always loved the snow more than any seasonal weather, and while I made this song our first storm of the year hit us. It’s still going as I write this, which holds my enjoyment up a little more.

Snow Storm

Departure

There’s no point in trying to hide from what’s coming. Doing what you can to set yourself up the best you can for what’s to come is the only tool you have sometimes. What’s inevitable can be unpredictable.

Inevitable

I like roller coasters, climbing things, and my bass.

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