An album to end 2022 with. 3 covers, 2 of which are just guitar and vocal. 3 originals, all of them recorded and mixed with my fledgling DAW skillz. Subject matter is sappy stuff about relationships with partners, friends, and yourself. Please enjoy, gimme any feedback if you have it, and have a Happy New Year.

Track list & Descriptions:
1 - Yuuzora No Kamihikouki (Naoya Mori)
     First ending OST from "Hajime no Ippo". Lovely ballad. Hard to sing.
     Makes me feel like I made it. Makes me grateful for boxing.
2 - Grey While I'm Awake
     Attempt to capture the unfurling of a dissociative episode at a party
     when something else is clearly on my mind. Watch that feeling grow
     while I choke out a vocal that's very conscious of its roommate at
     3pm.
3 - Everything Merges with the Night (Brian Eno)
     In my opinion, one of the great love songs. I feel centuries older
     every time I sing it. The only song I used my MIDI keyboard with... this
     time.
4 - Love Song #1
     More like just bitter and kinda sickly sweet. Definitely ripped off Paul
     Simon on a vocal there. Think the lyric is goofy but the vocal
     was nice. Liked the mixing the most on this one. Slightly off-tune
     double guitars <3333
5 - You Can Never Sleep Enough
     A pick-yourself-up-dust-yourself-off kinda rolling country track that is
     my message to myself after a pretty tough but beautiful year. My dad
     showed it to his friends so it's not terrible.
6 - And We Bid You Goodnight (The Grateful Dead)
     They'd close their live shows with this traditional piece. Something
     about it just perfectly invokes a feeling of rest. I hope you feel it, too.
     Had an earlier version of it here on SC but I got a better mic. First
     track recorded with it, and first overall for the EP.
7 - Don't Even Worry About It (Bonus Track)
     My roommate said the title in about the same cadence and I thought
    "yeah let's make beats to this". My first attempt with any electronic 
     beat making. I'm a little embarrassed by the pseudo-sexiness... but
     it's fun. Lmao stay tuned.

First Step EP

Don't Even Worry About It (Bonus Track)

And We Bid You Goodnight - The Grateful Dead

You Can Never Sleep Enough

Love Song #1

Everything Merges with the Night - Brian Eno

Grey While I'm Awake

Yuuzora No Kamihikouki - Naoya Mori

Written Out.mp3

Ran with a homie, haven’t played a guitar in a while, heard this song again in the car and felt like i was on the cusp of something.

Moon Palace

My most played song of 2024 according to Spottie

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