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During the pandemic in 2020, I lost my job and I wasn’t sure if I would get Covid-19 nor was sure I would make it out alive if I did. So I stayed home and made music like this track here.

I used my iPhone to record sounds around my apartment. I had no idea of what the rhythm would sound like. I just went around and recorded a bunch of random sounds knowing that I’ll eventually figure it out when I upload them into Ableton. Only a few samples were pitch shifted but I wanted to keep most of it the way I recorded it.

There was a lot of tension around the world during this time. Even as I prepare rice for dinner, the modern day stresses permeated within my day-to-day routines until the sound of my Hydroflask. This has been true in many instances where I’d accidentally bang my Hydroflask and it then creates a gong-like sound that deflates my tension.

The second half of the song is about embracing my inner peace in stressful and turbulent times. When it was time explore this space, there was one sound I recorded where an ice cube accidentally fall on my floor. It had a nice rhythm to it - as with many other samples - which is why I call this track, Happy Little Accidents.

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