SOMEWHERE - JOURNAL ENTRY

This song was written way back in 2017. Crazy! Trying to remember where I was at that time in life - I hadn’t really gone out into the world by myself yet, I was really just getting started with my music and working away on the local gig circuit - but I also had an urge to travel and get away from that routine, to get some new inspiration and perspective. I just hadn’t quite worked up the courage to go for it yet and this song is about that internal battle., being frustrated knowing that it’s really only yourself holding you back from the things you want.

This song was definitely influenced by Gretta Ray, I’ve always been in awe at her lyricism, always using unexpected words and making them fit so beautifully together. (‘Drive’ is a perfect example) I also just love her voice and general vision and passion for her music - it’s really been inspiring to me throughout my music journey so far!

Being such a fan of Gretta’s music was actually how I found my producer Josh Barber, he produced her earlier music and while it took me some time to work up the courage - I eventually reached out to him in 2020 with some rough demos and asked if he would be interested in working with me, that’s when this whole album process began!

I don’t think the 2017 version of me writing this song would’ve imagined it would end up being produced by one of my favourite producers, one who was part of the records that inspired the song in the first place. A pinch me moment for sure!

I found a couple of voice memo snippets to share with you, the first one is an early live band jam and the second is a stripped piano jam with my friend Timothy Li (which I low key still love the vibe of, maybe I should do an acoustic version?) I sent a bunch of very rough versions of my songs like these to Josh when we started discussing what songs to record.

Signing off for this journal, chat tomorrow on track three!