Courage v9 (live drop)
By Philly on February 22, 2026 11:19 am
The Courage to be one's Self. v9(live drop)
I binged ate some junk food which caused me to relapse into heavy symptoms and crash and be bed bound for the week. I was completely befuddled with no energy or capacity to create so I dug out this gem from the vault.
It's one of my favourite things I've ever written. It started life quite humbly as a Weekly Beat back in 2020 (if your curious you can hear some of the formative ideas here https://weeklybeats.com/phliip/music/the-courage-to-be-yourself)
I've always really loved listening to it, and the more I tweak and refine it, the more things I find that I can still improve. I'd really like to be able to finish and release it.
The project file was on an old hard drive that had been water damaged. The file has massive load times and CPU strain but still functions... (I should really learn to back things up.)
As such... There are musical elements that are missing from different versions that I'd like to restore... You can hear some of the missing pieces in this version (https://weeklybeats.com/phliip/music/courage-81)
While editing the video I realised I could splice V8 & 9 together, so you get the best of both worlds. All the elements that were missing from the V9 bounce are there; and that's the best I can do for now until I can get more clarity on the project file.
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I was "um" ing and "ah" ing about the 3rd drop... I kinda love it now and need it in my life, but I've also grown accustomed to it being a shorter more chill tune without an explosive finale.
Either way, I've listened to it so many times that I've written lyrics to it now and kinda wanna go test it out live in my local open mic circuit, and I think this live drop will be good for that.
What are your thoughts on the third drop? I suppose I could actually make a few different versions for the release it's a win/win.
Now I just have to settle on a name and branding.
Hope your week was awesome and you got some cool shit done!!
Mwah!
XX
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