That's a bluesy song inspired by the most trivial thing: I tried a pair of jeans I had bought a couple of months before and it was a little tight, so somehow it brought a whole downwards spiral existential drama in my mind... Created on 11/22/22.

Up from here

Too tight, like jeans from smaller sizes tried in vain
It's not right, and makes me feel a certain type of pain
When thoughts push through my aching, tired mind
And make me want to find
What's up from here  

To this date, no reason to be worried we've been mindful
It's not late, no crack to fix, the scratches, just a handful
If we can drive it on like it's this engine
That runs on air while going
Up from here

Downright
Like water through the drain
That makes me wonder 
What's with all the rain

All right
Rain water through the drain
That makes me wish
The sun would shine again

Tonight, I hope it doesn't end a whole disaster
It's not right, the time is flying by and going faster  
I hope my sense of urgency does matter
And makes us have it better 
Up from here

Up From Here - remastered

There’s a rock’n’roll soul inside of my quiet self. There’s a lot of talk about the supposedly imminent disappearance of rock as we know it. Not if it depends on me! And I believe the younger generations appreciate unique and beautiful songs — no matter when they were created (songs and listeners 😎). If you like mine, my latest songs are available as downloads to purchase at https://renatojacobsen.com, soon as a new album in Apple Music, Spotify and others. I’ll posting more there about my music and how I do it.

I’m a bedroom musician, doing the whole recording by myself in GarageBand since 2021 with a digital piano, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, ukulele, bass, harmonica, tambourine, atabaque and even a bottle of vitamins (!). I never played live, it’s not my thing, especially when I’m the whole band… Having my songs heard and hopefully, enjoyed, are the hope that keeps me creating.

All songs you find here are mine, except for a handful from artists that inspired me to do what I do. It impresses me when I record the primary track in one take, like “Long Tall Sally”, “Oh My Love” and some of mine, like “Doppler” (in about 3 hours I had the lyrics and recording done, including overdubs) and “So Not Fine”.  I’m more inspired when playing an arrangement for the first few times, so getting the initial voice and instrument tracks right quickly is the ideal situation. 

Recording for me is a total thrill, I love when I listen to the results and go building the layers until I’m satisfied that I did what I had in mind. Then it’s like I had an epiphany, it must be an adrenaline high.  Sometimes I wake up with the song in my head and have to quickly register it on my phone. I lost a bunch of those because I was too lazy to wake up, then never remembered them! Some were truly a dream…

I was born in Brazil, lived there for the first 35 years of my life before moving to the US. Thanks to all who listen, spend the time to write a comment and hit the like button. You make all the difference.

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