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Neverworld

By Cosmic Cairns on September 25, 2024 9:48 pm

Outside our hotel room in Hawaii there were a couple of what I thought were birds talking to each other from trees at night.  I stood right below the trees they seemed to be coming from and recorded a little of their conversation with my phone as I tried to spot them.  As hard as I looked, I couldn't see them.  I did a little online research and realized they most likely were not birds, but rather tiny little frogs about the size of a penny.  That's probably why I couldn't see them.  They were really loud for being so small.

A couple nights later we were gassing up the car at a station near a big grove of trees.  It sounded like there were hundreds of the frogs talking to each other and it sounded really cool.  I recorded some of that on my phone as well.  It didn't do it justice to how it sounded in real life, but it was still pretty neat. 

I used the phone recordings I made as the backdrop for this week's track.  I somehow managed to improvise the guitar solo at the end in one take.  It's a little raggedy, but I kind of like that.

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The mist was dissipating
Orange light filled the horizon
Rolling meadows lay unfurled
And tucked down in the valley
Light blue lagoons were shimmering
Deep inside the Neverworld

Fields of grass were swaying
Echoes reverberating
Through the canyons and the hills
And off in the distance
A crystal tower glistens
Watching over things unreal

Radiant moonbows faded
The Eastern skies were brightening
Ocean waves rippled and curled
Bright colored flowers opened
To greet the rising sun as
Morning broke in Neverworld

Waterfalls cascaded
And dolphins were elated
To frolic in the sheltered bay
Hummingbirds flit near trees
Danced with fuzzy bumblebees
Singing their way through the day   

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Sweet sweet melodies, E. I love the texture and melodic content of those frogs! smile

A good foley recording both grounds a track and also is the perfect anchoring to a memory. Now you will always have a teleportation mechanism to that moment in time. The vocal melodies, and effects, along with the acoustic guitar remind me of early David Bowie stuff (starman). I love the bass behind that guitar solo, it has a playful vibe. And congrats on the solo! The point is not perect melody, it's riding the wave and capturing something in the moment, with all its beautiful nuances. And you did just that. Thank you, i was able to go to Hawaii a little thanks to your track.

This feels super raw and evocative. Great job, I really REALLY like the feeling of the guitar. And great job on the improvised solo at the end, that's wild!!!
The frogs actually do give this tune A LOT of character, hahahaha... Nice work!!!

FROG FRIENDS!!  heart

love your vocals on this, and yeah - nice work on that solo!

happy to go along on this adventure with you

And did you smuggle a pennyfrog in your wallet back home? Your stories are the best. I love your open mind for those things.
Fantastic description of Neverworld in the lyrics. very nice guitar strumming and soloing at the end. Looking forward to the next chapter.

neverworld sounds like my kind of place, love the field recordings!

Love the sounds of summer as the backdrop! Dig the little breakdown at 3min with the guitar solo. Great layers with the synth, acoustic. And an amazing job as always with the lyrics/vocals.

Neat imagery and atmosphere, described and recorded! Love the recordings. Nice lyrics!

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