Congrats Ethan! You made awesome and thoughtful music consistently all year. You always inspire me!

Congrats Ethan! You made awesome and thoughtful music consistently all year. You always inspire me!

And epic track!

And epic track!

Such a catchy groove in the drums. The synths have such a triumphant sound to them in the beginning and then it parts da clouds with those lovely airy sounds.  Celebratory guitar chords supported by your heartfelt lyrics.  Hell yes! Perfect closer for this year.  Oooh wavy synth dropped into the downtempo beat so nice! I feel ya in those off years for sure.  Congrats on another awesome 52!  Hope to see ya in '26! Have a happy new year!

Such a catchy groove in the drums. The synths have such a triumphant sound to them in the beginning and then it parts da clouds with those lovely airy sounds. Celebratory guitar chords supported by your heartfelt lyrics. Hell yes! Perfect closer for this year. Oooh wavy synth dropped into the downtempo beat so nice! I feel ya in those off years for sure. Congrats on another awesome 52! Hope to see ya in '26! Have a happy new year!

The drums are so nice!! Nice pad build up at 30 seconds. Really cool stuttering sounds, gives the track a nice rattling, like a shiver with goosebumps. Then it feels warmed back up, enveloping me in softness. But I can still see the landscape. It's snow, and icy, like a tundra. But the skies are so blue. The vocals caught me by surprise! Suddenly it all feels so human and tangible. 3:12 synths are ace, I like that you just gave us a taste, and then moved on without lingering too much on it. The subtle off-timing of the guitar makes it feel like I'm trying to catch something, but it always slips through my fingers. Great last track of the year!

The drums are so nice!! Nice pad build up at 30 seconds. Really cool stuttering sounds, gives the track a nice rattling, like a shiver with goosebumps. Then it feels warmed back up, enveloping me in softness. But I can still see the landscape. It's snow, and icy, like a tundra. But the skies are so blue. The vocals caught me by surprise! Suddenly it all feels so human and tangible. 3:12 synths are ace, I like that you just gave us a taste, and then moved on without lingering too much on it. The subtle off-timing of the guitar makes it feel like I'm trying to catch something, but it always slips through my fingers. Great last track of the year! :)

A big bold, triumphant start, then love the transition into next section, gives us a moment to reflect. Vocal section with great lyrics inspiring wonder and next instrumental continue the story. Epic track indeed! Great way to close out!

I share your sentiments shared above completely. Thank you for those thoughts. And thank you for all the magical music and supportive comments each week. Your music is always fun to listen to and I really like your lyrics and story telling, it inspires me to want to tell stories too. I appreciate you!

All the best in 2025, maybe will cross paths on the interwebs. Hope you get the albums released, I'm trying to do the same, but we'll see.

Happy new year!

A big bold, triumphant start, then love the transition into next section, gives us a moment to reflect. Vocal section with great lyrics inspiring wonder and next instrumental continue the story. Epic track indeed! Great way to close out! I share your sentiments shared above completely. Thank you for those thoughts. And thank you for all the magical music and supportive comments each week. Your music is always fun to listen to and I really like your lyrics and story telling, it inspires me to want to tell stories too. I appreciate you! All the best in 2025, maybe will cross paths on the interwebs. Hope you get the albums released, I'm trying to do the same, but we'll see. Happy new year!

This definitely has a "ending of a large project" feel to it, it's impressive you were able to bring that in here!!!

Thanks for always sharing your music with us and for being such a kind soul. The world in in short stock of your kind

In the WB off years, you can still continue on either a weekly or monthly pace on streak club!
Weekly: https://streak.club/s/1815/weekly-music-2025
Monthly: https://streak.club/s/1813/monthly-beats-2025

I'll probably stick to monthly - seriously will not be able to keep up with weekly for a whole other year, hahahahaha...

Wishing you an awesome 2025!!!

This definitely has a "ending of a large project" feel to it, it's impressive you were able to bring that in here!!! Thanks for always sharing your music with us and for being such a kind soul. The world in in short stock of your kind <3 In the WB off years, you can still continue on either a weekly or monthly pace on streak club! Weekly: [url]https://streak.club/s/1815/weekly-music-2025[/url] Monthly: [url]https://streak.club/s/1813/monthly-beats-2025[/url] I'll probably stick to monthly - seriously will not be able to keep up with weekly for a whole other year, hahahahaha... Wishing you an awesome 2025!!!

you did it, and with such grace! it's been a joy following your music this year. your melodies are always so tasty and full of hope, even when swimming through dark waters.

thank you for sharing all of that with us, and for always showing up with encouraging words and open-hearted listening.

sending love to you and yours as we head into the unknown of 2025. may music and kindness continue to sustain us.

you did it, and with such grace! it's been a joy following your music this year. your melodies are always so tasty and full of hope, even when swimming through dark waters. thank you for sharing all of that with us, and for always showing up with encouraging words and open-hearted listening. sending love to you and yours as we head into the unknown of 2025. may music and kindness continue to sustain us. <3

Huge sound on this final track. The drum beat is really good, very organic and adding to the vibe. This indeed feels like a voyage. I like how we recapture your comsic cairns vibe from 2:20 onward with the acoustic guitars.
It was a blast making this journey through 2024 with you in the community. Best of luck keeping some pace in 2025 and see you again in 2026!

Huge sound on this final track. The drum beat is really good, very organic and adding to the vibe. This indeed feels like a voyage. I like how we recapture your comsic cairns vibe from 2:20 onward with the acoustic guitars. It was a blast making this journey through 2024 with you in the community. Best of luck keeping some pace in 2025 and see you again in 2026!

Yep, mission complete. I don’t know what to do now, but i am getting the studio organized differently so hoping to get that complete. Really enjoyed your corner of the sonic highway this year and this track was a nice culmination of the journey. Now we get to take some time and while I do miss the routine and weekend rush, it’s also nice to just shuffle along a bit. Hope to see you back in 2026.

Yep, mission complete. I don’t know what to do now, but i am getting the studio organized differently so hoping to get that complete. Really enjoyed your corner of the sonic highway this year and this track was a nice culmination of the journey. Now we get to take some time and while I do miss the routine and weekend rush, it’s also nice to just shuffle along a bit. Hope to see you back in 2026.

Dear Cosmic Cairns, this is a beautiful appropriate song for the week 52. The transparent and 3 dimensional synths together with that cool beat are an excellent choice to start the track. All the guitar playing in here is a joy to listen to. There are a lot of emotions and feeling for dissonance brought in. Your voice and lyrics are immediately recognizable. Fine fine music.
It definitely was a hard road to go this year and I think we supported each other in the motivation to continue unspoken.
Let me thank you for being in this team and your family to let you do, what you had to do.
Please enjoy the new year, take some rest, collect some ideas, find inspiration for 2026.
And if you release music or write a book or become president of the galaxy, let me know
Bye, Q-Rosh

Dear Cosmic Cairns, this is a beautiful appropriate song for the week 52. The transparent and 3 dimensional synths together with that cool beat are an excellent choice to start the track. All the guitar playing in here is a joy to listen to. There are a lot of emotions and feeling for dissonance brought in. Your voice and lyrics are immediately recognizable. Fine fine music. It definitely was a hard road to go this year and I think we supported each other in the motivation to continue unspoken. Let me thank you for being in this team and your family to let you do, what you had to do. Please enjoy the new year, take some rest, collect some ideas, find inspiration for 2026. And if you release music or write a book or become president of the galaxy, let me know Bye, Q-Rosh

Thanks, and likewise!

Thanks again for being part of my WB journey for another go around!  It's been weird already but sort of nice not recording another track this week.  It feels like in theory having more time to work should lead to better results, but I think I kind of need the deadlines.

Thanks for the analysis, and I liked the visuals you're describing.  I can see that, too!

Thanks!  I do think stories are how we make sense of the world, although they can certainly be used to mislead as well, as we've discussed at some point during this year.  Keep me posted on any album updates.  I've already gotten the ball rolling on it by uploading tracks to RouteNote for distribution.  I'm eyeing an April 1st release date for the first one and probably a second one in the summer.

Thanks, and thanks for the info.  I will definitely not be keeping up the weekly streak (I already broke it this week), but a monthly streak definitely seems doable.

Thanks again for being a part of the WB community this year and offering your ear and kind comments. 

P.S. I listened to your episode of the Chasing the Beats Podcast this morning.  It was nice to learn a little more about you, your songs, your process, and your WB experience.  I can relate so much to a lot of what you discussed.  Cheers to 2025 and beyond!

Thanks again for all the listens and comments and the cool music!  Hope to be here in 2026 for sure!

I will miss the productivity and the weekly interactions with the community, but I'm not going to lie, it was nice to take a little break this week.  Good luck on organizing the studio!  Sound like it might be a big project, but hopefully one that will pay dividend.

Thanks for being a supportive listener, community member, and creator of such awesome sound worlds.  I'm compiling some of 2024's WB tracks to be released as albums a little later this year, and will hopefully get some work done on some music and/or a book this year.  President of the Galaxy is probably a little too ambitious for me, but you never know!

[quote=cfurrow]Congrats Ethan! You made awesome and thoughtful music consistently all year. You always inspire me![/quote] Thanks, and likewise! [quote=Tone Matrix]Such a catchy groove in the drums. The synths have such a triumphant sound to them in the beginning and then it parts da clouds with those lovely airy sounds. Celebratory guitar chords supported by your heartfelt lyrics. Hell yes! Perfect closer for this year. Oooh wavy synth dropped into the downtempo beat so nice! I feel ya in those off years for sure. Congrats on another awesome 52! Hope to see ya in '26! Have a happy new year![/quote]Thanks again for being part of my WB journey for another go around! It's been weird already but sort of nice not recording another track this week. It feels like in theory having more time to work should lead to better results, but I think I kind of need the deadlines. [quote=that_ranjit]The drums are so nice!! Nice pad build up at 30 seconds. Really cool stuttering sounds, gives the track a nice rattling, like a shiver with goosebumps. Then it feels warmed back up, enveloping me in softness. But I can still see the landscape. It's snow, and icy, like a tundra. But the skies are so blue. The vocals caught me by surprise! Suddenly it all feels so human and tangible. 3:12 synths are ace, I like that you just gave us a taste, and then moved on without lingering too much on it. The subtle off-timing of the guitar makes it feel like I'm trying to catch something, but it always slips through my fingers. Great last track of the year! :)[/quote]Thanks for the analysis, and I liked the visuals you're describing. I can see that, too! [quote=miraclemiles]A big bold, triumphant start, then love the transition into next section, gives us a moment to reflect. Vocal section with great lyrics inspiring wonder and next instrumental continue the story. Epic track indeed! Great way to close out! I share your sentiments shared above completely. Thank you for those thoughts. And thank you for all the magical music and supportive comments each week. Your music is always fun to listen to and I really like your lyrics and story telling, it inspires me to want to tell stories too. I appreciate you! All the best in 2025, maybe will cross paths on the interwebs. Hope you get the albums released, I'm trying to do the same, but we'll see. Happy new year! [/quote]Thanks! I do think stories are how we make sense of the world, although they can certainly be used to mislead as well, as we've discussed at some point during this year. Keep me posted on any album updates. I've already gotten the ball rolling on it by uploading tracks to RouteNote for distribution. I'm eyeing an April 1st release date for the first one and probably a second one in the summer. [quote=jegasus]This definitely has a "ending of a large project" feel to it, it's impressive you were able to bring that in here!!! Thanks for always sharing your music with us and for being such a kind soul. The world in in short stock of your kind <3 In the WB off years, you can still continue on either a weekly or monthly pace on streak club! Weekly: [url]https://streak.club/s/1815/weekly-music-2025[/url] Monthly: [url]https://streak.club/s/1813/monthly-beats-2025[/url] I'll probably stick to monthly - seriously will not be able to keep up with weekly for a whole other year, hahahahaha... Wishing you an awesome 2025!!![/quote]Thanks, and thanks for the info. I will definitely not be keeping up the weekly streak (I already broke it this week), but a monthly streak definitely seems doable. [quote=jwh]you did it, and with such grace! it's been a joy following your music this year. your melodies are always so tasty and full of hope, even when swimming through dark waters. thank you for sharing all of that with us, and for always showing up with encouraging words and open-hearted listening. sending love to you and yours as we head into the unknown of 2025. may music and kindness continue to sustain us. <3 [/quote]Thanks again for being a part of the WB community this year and offering your ear and kind comments. P.S. I listened to your episode of the Chasing the Beats Podcast this morning. It was nice to learn a little more about you, your songs, your process, and your WB experience. I can relate so much to a lot of what you discussed. Cheers to 2025 and beyond! [quote=Kedbreak136]Huge sound on this final track. The drum beat is really good, very organic and adding to the vibe. This indeed feels like a voyage. I like how we recapture your comsic cairns vibe from 2:20 onward with the acoustic guitars. It was a blast making this journey through 2024 with you in the community. Best of luck keeping some pace in 2025 and see you again in 2026![/quote]Thanks again for all the listens and comments and the cool music! Hope to be here in 2026 for sure! [quote=mzunguko]Yep, mission complete. I don’t know what to do now, but i am getting the studio organized differently so hoping to get that complete. Really enjoyed your corner of the sonic highway this year and this track was a nice culmination of the journey. Now we get to take some time and while I do miss the routine and weekend rush, it’s also nice to just shuffle along a bit. Hope to see you back in 2026.[/quote]I will miss the productivity and the weekly interactions with the community, but I'm not going to lie, it was nice to take a little break this week. Good luck on organizing the studio! Sound like it might be a big project, but hopefully one that will pay dividend. [quote=Q-Rosh]Dear Cosmic Cairns, this is a beautiful appropriate song for the week 52. The transparent and 3 dimensional synths together with that cool beat are an excellent choice to start the track. All the guitar playing in here is a joy to listen to. There are a lot of emotions and feeling for dissonance brought in. Your voice and lyrics are immediately recognizable. Fine fine music. It definitely was a hard road to go this year and I think we supported each other in the motivation to continue unspoken. Let me thank you for being in this team and your family to let you do, what you had to do. Please enjoy the new year, take some rest, collect some ideas, find inspiration for 2026. And if you release music or write a book or become president of the galaxy, let me know Bye, Q-Rosh [/quote]Thanks for being a supportive listener, community member, and creator of such awesome sound worlds. I'm compiling some of 2024's WB tracks to be released as albums a little later this year, and will hopefully get some work done on some music and/or a book this year. President of the Galaxy is probably a little too ambitious for me, but you never know!

<3