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Creating Narrative Without Words

Song writing has always been a weakness for me, I find it hard for express the things that I want to in the same way that I can through instrumental work. This has led me to discover a way to add narrative into my work without words, using ever shifting sounds and subtly evolving synth lines along side sound effects and field recording when I feel necessary.

I would say the song where I create narrative the best would be the titular track from my album Growing Pains. It is the piece that communicates most effectively. I believe this track takes the listener on an epic journey, slowing building in tension until around the seventh minute where walls are ripped down and nothing is held back. Noise and feedback wail and scream as the melody passively continues underneath as if unscathed, puncturing any language barrier and causing a flurry of intense emotions. The melody outlasts the noise in the end, a simple reminder that though we may face hardship and challenge, we must continue to persevere.

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