Yet again I found my mind becoming fatigued from just remastering old songs. I needed to let out a little pent up creativity (after all, I am primarily a composer, not a mix engineer 
). So, I’ve spent the past few days hard at work on a new piece. I felt rusty at first after not writing for so long, but in the end I got it down, and I am fairly satisfied with the final piece.
This was actually a song that I started a while ago. I found it in my “New Song Ideas” folder, where I save just tiny snippets of music which I spontaneously think of. While writing, the song totally took on a life of its own, and it ended up being nothing at all like what I thought it would be. In this song, I’ve sprinkled in some ethnic percussion which I’ve always had a soft spot for (nothing like a bongo, eh?) and used a slightly less obvious structure.
As always, the title for the song was inspired by the feeling the song gave me. I think the bongos and the chords combined to give me feeling of a forest environment. The distinct image in my head was of being lost in a forest with no supplies, and just looking up at the thick green leaves and seeing a crack of light peek through…
Let me know what you think! Listen