“We are the living links in a life force that moves and plays around and through us, binding the deepest soils with the farthest stars.”
- Alan Chadwick

Several weeks ago, I had a night of intense dreams. In one of them, I was on a moonlit forest path surrounded by cascading voices. The melody they were singing was this one. I couldn't decipher the words with the exception of, "We can go within". After I woke up, I retraced the notes on my piano and then recorded it. It was still pretty early, so I went back to sleep. But that was what started this project. ;-)

The melodic layers went down pretty quick. I found an old 56k modem sound courtesy of Freesound and gave the intro the mood of a radio transmission. To further this even more, when I recorded the vocals ran them through a series of filters to give an the old AM effect. My wonderful husband Elim provided his beautiful baritone to the chorus while I did spoken word. The vocals took longer to record than the actual song, but the results were worth it. For one, this is first time I've been able to combine both elements into a single project.

My hope is after several more tracks, I can bring in guest vocalists. I'd continue building the lyrics and melody on my own, but having vocals adds a whole new dimension to the music.

Listen to We Can Go Within

Special credits go to: My hubby Elim who contributed his wonderful singing pipes to the chorus, Vedas for recording the sounds of an old 56k modem at the beginning of the song. Click here to listen to the original sample.