The Flow
Episode#131:\xa0 The Flow\xa0 \xa0(Song starts at 3:28 )\nSo where does a song come from?\nWell, it comes from\u2026being in the flow. The morning I wrote the lyrics, I\u2019d just woken up and I was still half asleep. Snippets of dreams were floating around.\nSo it\u2019s a creative sort of flow I\u2019m alluding to here.\nBut the dreams were not what I wrote about. I looked around the room and started with:\n\u2018When you pull the curtains back and the gentle morning light is shining, true\u2026\u2019 and from that line, which was really a simple statement, it lead to the last line of what became the chorus : 'and there\u2019s no one can avoid the flow\u2019.\nI went on, finished off the lyrics and sent them off to Paul Dredge in New Zealand. Paul wrote the music to the verse. Then he stopped and sent it back to me.\nI then came up with the chorus and sent it back to Paul and he came up with the bridge.\nI\u2019ve included a phone conversation with Paul that I recorded this week. I thought it\u2019d be nice to get some of Paul\u2019s thoughts on the episode. You\u2019ll hear it\u2019s a very easy relationship that we are lucky enough to have.\nIt\u2019s incredibly rewarding to compose a song. It\u2019s even more rewarding to co write a song with someone. Paul and I have written a good few together now.\nThe flow can be found on our 5th album, 'The Untrodden Track'. If you like the sound of this song, there\u2019s a whole album of songs like this, with this sound waiting for you.\nOn this episode I recount an old memory that popped up recently (you can find an extended written version on my blog this week) it was a surreal sort of memory of imaginary crocodiles which was triggered by a photograph\u2026back when I was a very young child.\nThis sense of childlike play is an essential ingredient with song writing, I think. You just throw caution to the wind, keep in mind your music theory (which is like an underlying supportive net) and just have fun.\nThe Flow has a nice vibe.. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you enjoy hearing about how the song came together.\nBy the way, the folkrock album 'The Untrodden Track' is streaming now on all the usual platforms. You can also hear it on bandcamp, where you can read the lyrics as you listen. (incidentally, you can purchase the album / send a digital copy a a gift on bandcamp),\nMy blog is: www.petepascoe.wordpress.com\xa0 you can read more / read the lyrics / view art here.