Closure
Camille S.
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Closure is a piece about the sadness and release of letting something go. It’s expresses the complexity of feeling sad nostalgia and longing to something in the past while holding hope for the future and recognizing that you must move on. I tried to keep the production bare at the beginning of the piece, creating a lonely feeling with the lead guitar and almost heartbeat-like kick drum. As the song builds, I introduce new instruments to create a dramatic and intense feeling. One of my favorite parts of the piece is the high-pitched keyboard synthesizer that harmonizes with the melody. To me, it sounds like memories haunting someone. I ended the piece with the tonic note, played just with the guitar, to create a resolution. In this way, it feels like the you’ve gotten through the sadness and are moving on to something new.
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Creativity means expressing yourself in a way that not everyone understands. It means turning your emotions and thoughts into something you can see, hear, or taste. It means staying true to yourself as a person and artist despite societal expectations or norms.
