Generally, when I’m going somewhere to play, like an open mic or when I occasionally open up for a band, I sit down in front of a the mic and say “Hi, I’m Ghost and I don’t write songs.” It’s actually something I started doing in parody to Johnny Cash’s habit of introducing himself. I then play a lot of songs people haven’t heard in a while or like to sing along to and whatnot and everyone has a good time. Thing is, it’s kind of a lie. I do write songs, just not often and, when I do, they rarely have lyrics. Well, a few years back before my wife and I split up I wrote a song called Somewhere Beneath – it’s an electronic piano piece. I love this song, it’s a melancholy minor bit that shifts into a major on the breakdowns, so it gets a feeling of things not being bad, but turning out alright to me. When I wrote this, I think somewhere I knew that she and I would break up, but I actually don’t consider that in any way an influence on the song. There is a lot of me in this song and that’s probably why I like it so much. It might be cheesy, but listening to this song might actually tell you a lot about some of my outlooks if you enjoy music theory, but aren’t too caught up in the technicality of it.
If you like this song, please steal it – download it, distribute it, and encourage friends to do so. I fully support artists in music, but I think music is a right, something to be shared with anyone.
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