When Is My Time?
By Jai Cafarella on February 4, 2024 6:50 pm
This is one of those 'throw caution to the wind' type approaches, where I tried to resist my usual go-to moves and let whatever happens happen. The clock effect is a mantle clock sound (from freesfx) that I tempo matched, duplicated, then halved the speed and lowered the pitch of the copy.
I've always avoided performing spoken word because it's too 'me' and not enough 'musician me', so it feels more vulnerable, but I figured I may as well lean into the experiment and just went with the first paragraph that flowed out of my mind. It's a bit more real than I'd rather be, but for the sake of stepping out of the comfort zone, here we are...
"The thing about life is nothing is done until it's done. We can meticulously plan ahead, but nothing is promised. I've wasted so much of my life procrastinating, allowing insecurities to hold me back from so many opportunities. I've made countless plans toward success that have fallen flat out of fear of failure, but also a fear of success. Would I be able to handle it or would it crush me? I know I am emotionally fragile, so maybe if I made it when I was younger, there's a high chance it would've already killed me. Even still, from the first song I wrote until the last, I still foolishly ask myself..."
'When is my time?'
(Clock sample from freesfx) then modified (the slow and fast ticks are the same sample, just half speed and lowered pitch)
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