One Thing We know
Episode #200 :\xa0 One Thing We Know. (Song starts at 4:26)\nWelcome to episode #200! It\u2019s such a great feeling, because I honestly wasn\u2019t sure I\u2019d get past episode #1. It\u2019s become like a \u2018Songwriter Speaks\u2019 sort of an online gig for me - something I really look forward to each week.\nWhether you\u2019ve been here from the start with me, or a new arrival, or perhaps you pop in from time to time, regardless, thanks so much for tuning in. I hope you\u2019re enjoying this podcast as much as I am.\nI wrote this song back in 2009. I was at a school where I was a piano teacher, as a contractor. In between lessons, I found myself thinking about my own young family - and I was thinking about the school kids racing around outside at lunchtime.\nThe feeling came to me really strongly to write some words.\nI can\u2019t believe you\u2019re growing so fast, eyes on the future , you\u2019re free from the past\nLoving your life is the thing you do best, doing what\u2019s right and forgetting the rest\nThose are the words I started out with.\nI recorded a piano vocal version as part of this episode., which was fun. At the end I\u2019ve included a produced version which appeared as track #4 on my self-recorded album The Man In Blue (2014).\nAs usual, on this episode, I let the song lead the way - and the little mistakes: sometimes just playing and having fun allows me to get near to the mystery that songwriting is. And a mystery it is - the creative force, whatever you want to call it, the muse\u2026\nAs I compose, a gentle give and take sort a process seems to happen. I stay \u2018on the breath\u2019, certainly not over-thinking things, but my logical self is across all the theory. My hands are on the keys, and my voice floats above the chords on the piano. The feeling never ceases to amaze me.\nTo demonstrate this process, I end up improvising the beginning of a new piece on this episode.\nOne Thing We Know, song #552,\xa0 came together easily, once again.\xa0 It\u2019s concise and is an easily understood song.\nOf all the things I\u2019ve talked about on this podcast, perhaps the main thing has been the idea of making the commitment to catch the little bits and pieces as they come through, writing it down in a note book and and away you g, .creating and composing. Personal freedom would be the key.\nIf I hadn\u2019t made that commitment years ago I wouldn\u2019t have 800 songs up my sleeve here in 2024.\nThanks so much for having read. I hope you enjoy the 200th show.\nHere\u2019s the blog which I mention\xa0www.petepascoe.Wordpress.com. The last 200 posts will give you an idea of not only what I\u2019ve been up to these last 200 weeks, ( painting, drawing, composing, writing, etc), but it shows what I\u2019ve been up to in my life on this artists path. It\u2019s a joy.\nOk here we go.\xa0 One thing we know\u2026.episode#200 - Rollin\u2019 !