June of 2018 was incredible hot. I remember it extremely well. I’d hit a rich seam of writing and I was spending a lot of time in the studio - a room which at the time was unbelievably warm. But I couldn’t tear myself away from the writing and I worked through the heat. Chances are you can hear a fan on the recording somewhere…
It was also a month where I realised something - I am not a cool person. Now I don’t mean literally in terms of body temperature, although that was certainly the case. It has taken many years to admit to myself, but I’m now able to look myself in the eye and say ‘you know what… I am not a cool person.’
It was also a month where I realised something - I am not a cool person. Now I don’t mean literally in terms of body temperature, although that was certainly the case. It has taken many years to admit to myself, but I’m now able to look myself in the eye and say ‘you know what… I am not a cool person.’
You’ve made it this far, so I don’t have to tell you that I’ve got more of a soft spot for slightly older music - both when it comes to listening and writing. I’m not ashamed to say I’m out of touch when it comes to pop and what’s in the charts right now. So naturally my response to my revelation was to attempt to do something that seemed impossible - write a cool song.
So I did my research. I listened to as much modern music as I possibly could and picked up as many different traits and tropes to use in the song. I experimented with these elements and tried to navigate my way through the uncharted territory.
As I went on, I found that I was still able to write like I normally do and stay true to my process. It was the production and the instrumentation that set this track aside from the others. Naturally there were points where I wish I could have done something a bit more retro or perhaps revert into an older production habit - but I kept on track
I wanted the lyric subject matter to be optimistic, but meaningful. When I was thinking about what route to go down, something a friend of mine used to say came to me. When we used to play gigs at University, our good friend Hugo the sound engineer talked directly into our monitors just before we started to play and would say ‘Guys… you got this’. Honestly when I play anything now, I can hear Hugo saying it just before I start playing. Hence, ‘You Got This’ was born…
Let me hear the song!So I did my research. I listened to as much modern music as I possibly could and picked up as many different traits and tropes to use in the song. I experimented with these elements and tried to navigate my way through the uncharted territory.
As I went on, I found that I was still able to write like I normally do and stay true to my process. It was the production and the instrumentation that set this track aside from the others. Naturally there were points where I wish I could have done something a bit more retro or perhaps revert into an older production habit - but I kept on track
I wanted the lyric subject matter to be optimistic, but meaningful. When I was thinking about what route to go down, something a friend of mine used to say came to me. When we used to play gigs at University, our good friend Hugo the sound engineer talked directly into our monitors just before we started to play and would say ‘Guys… you got this’. Honestly when I play anything now, I can hear Hugo saying it just before I start playing. Hence, ‘You Got This’ was born…