Everlasting
Episode #53: Everlasting\xa0 (Song at 5.48)\nHi there,\xa0\nWelcome to another episode. If it's your first time here, thanks for stopping by. My plan is to try and put you in the shoes of a songwriter - both in general terms and also what I was thinking and feeling when I wrote the song featured in each episode.\xa0\nI'm having a fun week. I inherited a very nice old writing desk. Being a writer, I am stoked with this. I also picked up a cool lamp for my studio (from the grass verge). I actually talked to the guy as he was returning home from a jog. The lamp had belonged to his mum. I said to him it's going to be put to good use in my studio.\nI bring these things up because it is good to create a space that makes you feel good in a creative sense. Makes sense, right?\xa0\nOk, Everlasting, song # 519 ...this one was inspired by the bird chorus - both the dawn chorus and the evening song. It can't help but give us a lift if we stop and listen. Which I do.\xa0\nThe kookaburras did their thing\xa0this morning at 5.30 am, waking me from a deep sleep. It didn't worry me. It's a great sound - and they know when to shut up, which is a good thing.\xa0\nBirdsong is so peaceful, it inspires a bigger picture / underlying, deeper themes and I attempted to put some of those feelings and ideas in the lyrics for a short simple song.\xa0\nEvery time I write a song it fills me with so much energy. And something happens when I turn the mic on and record these podcast episodes\u2026 the same energy fills me. A lot of the songwriting process is a complete mystery and it'll remain that way. There is an awful lot that you can analyse and I do talk about it....like the importance of catching \u2018feeling\u2019. That's so important...probably even before \u2018a message\u2019\u2026in terms of what a song should have.\nI hope you enjoy this episode. As usual there\u2019s some pretty deep concepts, but it's all presented in a relaxed manner. I'm enjoying this so much. Thanks again for stopping by.\xa0\nIn this episode, I do mention the painting I did today while sitting at the beach. You can see the painting, the writing desk, the everlasting painting and the lamp + the lyrics to everlasting\xa0 on this week's blog....it's on. www.petepascoe.wordpress.com\xa0 Enjoy.