2024 Submissions

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Milky Way

"Milky Way" is an originally written, recorded, and produced song. Guitar, bass, drums, and vocals are all featured on the track, all played by myself. The abstract lyrics are inspired by a woman I imagined during a road trip.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Acceptance and Denial

It’s about someone who was in love and watching the other move on and change to be someone they never knew. They are still stuck trying to grasp the idea and move on to have their own life but the person the once loved keeps coming back every once and a while every time they’ve been forgotten.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Like You Should Be

I wrote this song following a situation where I lost someone important to me, and it wasn't by my doing. I felt hurt that they weren't reacting to it, or feeling, the same as I was and I needed to get my emotions out in a health way.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Tridecagon Instrumental

Tridecadon is an instrumental piece I composed using Pro Tools, inspired by my love for alternative and esoteric rock genres. Named for a 13-sided polygon, this piece represents the intersection of complexity, elegance and and alternative flair I aim to explore with my art.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Oh Darling Baby

I've always dreamed of what a school dance would be like. I always thought that it would be just like the movies, I went to homecoming with my friends my Sophmore Year, and it wasn't quite "magical" like portrayed in the movies.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

RUNNING

This was the first song I've ever recorded, and being comfortable singing was a challenge I had to overcome to make this song. At this point in my life, I was focused on spending time with my friends and making memories that would inspire my music.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

dehydrated

It's easy for me to spiral into self-loathing when I don't take care of myself. Whether that be due to a missed shower, lack of sleep, or dehydration, my brain will take and use that to justify self-loathing and feelings of hopelessness.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Emerald Castle

I love using themed metaphors in my songs, and this one is no different. Through the world of the Wizard of Oz, my song goes through the feelings of giving someone so many chances, but they never change. It’s about realizing that change is a lost cause though part of you doesn’t want to accept it.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Hem

This is a composition where I challenged myself to write a song using only stringed instruments. It was not written specifically for anything, but to increase my experience and challenge my limits when composing.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Missing You

This is a song that I wrote about how when you really love someone, that love never fades or lessens. I wrote this song as a draft a couple of months ago and finished it recently.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

Bokair's Lament

This song is part of a larger project I’ve been working on. It’s one of the songs in a musical I’m writing about a soldier named Bokair, who's been tasked with leading an army against a fire goddess named Taitia in order to end her war on his homeland.

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Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman Original Music, 2024 Caroline Bushman

The End

I chose this song that I made not that long ago because when I think back to it and how I was doing and what I was thinking around the time I made it and I was going through a hard time. I was dealing with depression and making music and listening to music was one of the things I could hold on to, to keep me going.

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