A Victory Lap Around the Sun
By ViridianLoom on January 1, 2023 12:50 am
Ok this is getting long, usually these things do. Not much to say about this song, it's just kind of a laid-back trip hop jam to round out the year. I didn't want to get to hung up on writing some big-effort track at the end of the year because I wanted to save that energy for writing an album next year. This music makes a pretty decent backdrop for reading this long blog post though.
I'm simultaneously relieved I'm done with my SECOND year (woot!) but also pensively reflecting on this being the end. Thinking back on how this year went, I feel super fulfilled with my goals. I mean sure, I didn't sing as often as I maybe would have liked to, but I did WAY more songs with vocals this year than I did in 2020. My mixes are also leaps and bounds better than what I was previously doing. It took me a long time to learn the basics because I often get to bored to be academic when trying to learn new skills. I tend to trail and error my way to where I'm trying to get to and this process is much slower than if I had actually just sat down and watched some mixing videos or read about mixing (both of which I did this year). I still have a lot to learn though.
I also felt as if the quality of my song-writing improved quite a bit. Not that I was necessarily writing worse songs in 2020, but I feel like the quality is more consistent and refined rather than experimental.
I'll probably be back for 2024. I had moments this year where I wanted to give up due to some creative turmoil but over these last few months I slowly started to change my perspective on creating music. It feels like if I can sit down to write and give it all of my available energy (of which I may have more on some weeks than others) plus a little extra, I seem to feel more satisfied with whatever the result is. I've also been better about being able to key into whatever ideas are worth pursuing and which aren't.
Speaking of which, there's a couple of recent tracks I did called "Lost in the Passage of Time" and "Aubadoir" that I'm really proud of. They're really resonating with my state of mind right now and I have so many ideas for what an album of that sort of music might sound like. So for 2023 I'm going to work on that and try to release my first album. I might end up changing my artist name (Ambiguous Dust? Harmonoia? not sure. It just needs to be goth lol. Venaht is a name I plan on using for my prog-metal music.) I have some lyrical themes in mind since the lyrics were actually coming from a personal place so they were easy to write. I just need to secure some album art and find a title for it all.
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I've enjoyed your music so much this year, and it's got me really looking forward to your first album when it drops! In the meantime, fantastic work in 2022, and best of luck in 2023. Happy New Year!
