Crystal Clouds
Rose K.
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Luke L
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Crystal Clouds is a song about failure. The lyrics were written at a time where I felt that I could never live up to my standards for myself, and that I was doomed to fall far below my potential. Ironically, it became my favorite song that I’ve ever written. I may have been a little bit of a perfectionist when recording--there’s almost 200 takes each of the bass and drums, and over 300 for the vocals and harmonies--but ultimately, I think my effort paid off. I also have to massively thank Luke for recording the guitars and allowing my vision to come to life. I reaped the benefits of months of writing, recording, and producing in full, and, though it’s by no means perfect, this song that I made in my bedroom almost sounds like it was professionally mixed and mastered.
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Creativity is about melding all of your influences together into something that has your own fingerprint. There is nothing new under the sun - but that doesn’t stop anyone from being able to leave their own undeniably personal mark on the world.
