Mystery
b"Episode #151: Mystery\\xa0 (Song starts at 3:24 )\\nThis song (#499) was originally titled 'The Medium' I wrote it about the time I went to visit a clairvoyant person for the 1st time.\\nI decided to change it to 'Mystery' at a later date. I guess I thought the new title might get the song listened to more.\\nCrash Test Dummies had a song about this subject, on a great album of theirs God Shuffled His Feet. I suppose that sort of gave me permission to write something similar.\\nTo be honest, I wasn\\u2019t quite sure what I would talk about when this song popped this week. It\\u2019s a very personal thing to experience and I think it pays to be discerning in terms of what you choose to share at times.\\nAs it turns out, it was easy to talk about the experience I had.\\nThe crux of this song is in the chorus where I sing \\u2018 I want to say thank you\\u2019 - because that\\u2019s precisely what I wanted to say to this person who helped at a time when I really needed a hand.\\nIt was a nice feeling, singing and playing this gentle song as part of this episode. It flowed easily.\\nThat\\u2019s my memory of how the song came through, to. The words came easily, first. The last couple of verses came to me as a reflection of this time later in my life. It was such an interesting experience.\\nWe tend to view ourselves a certain way for part of our life, then something happens and we unfold a little more and our perspective changes.\\nThis song is about a time of some personal transformation in my twenties. I was searching, really - finding my own path.\\nThe music came very quickly, as easily as the words.\\nThe two parts sound very natural, then. Not forced. Which I think is a big part of what could be deemed to be a successful bit of songwriting.\\nI\\u2019m pleased I shared this song. It\\u2019s been tucked away for years, although, I did sell about 30 copies of an album I called \\u201812 Quiet Songs\\u2019 in 2005. Back then, I\\u2019d recently found a great Jimmy Webb album, \\u201810 Easy Pieces\\u2019. I can really relate to Jimmy Webb's song writing style. He sang his songs on this album himself ( his songs have been recorded and released by all sorts of wonderful artists such as Glen Campbell).\\nMaybe I\\u2019ll re-record this album again, one day. That\\u2019d be fun.\\nThis is one of the things about recording the episodes for this podcast. It\\u2019s all a work in progress. I\\u2019m enjoying the complete unknown aspect about each episode, as I\\u2019m talking and playing without a script or more than a general plan of having a chat and sharing a song.\\nIt is indeed a mystery how the episodes come together, much like songwriting.\\nI\\u2019m looking to bring some light to the songwriting process. I\\u2019m not looking to take away the mystery, though - as if I could.\\nIt does surprise me how complicated the process is. For me, it\\u2019s something that\\u2019s been self taught, really. After singing lots of Elton John and Paul Simon, etc, I felt like I\\u2019d like to give this songwriting thing a go back in my teens.\\nWhich is just what I did \\u2026and here I am years down the track, having composed about 800 songs.\\nIt\\u2019s nice to be sharing and taking about the songs here.\\nI hope you enjoy hearing about the song Mystery as much as I enjoyed recording the episode.\\nHere we go\\u2026."