Letting It Drift | About Layer #17
For the last few tracks, I had been working almost entirely with an acoustic-electric guitar.
At that time, it felt like the right sound for what I wanted to express.
But I’m attached not only to sounds, but also to the instruments themselves.
So for this piece, I wanted to bring the electric guitars back.
Part of it was simply that I had been making quieter, drier-sounding music for a while, and I felt the urge to let the electric guitars ring out again.
Then, unexpectedly, I found myself with some time alone.
I quickly set up my recording gear and started playing.
The acoustic guitar parts that formed the foundation of the track weren’t fully worked out yet, so I built the sounds and space around them as I went, through trial and error.
As usual, I didn’t refine every detail.
But as always, I kept working with my hands, re-recording parts within the limited time I had, relying on instinct to find which sounds belonged together.
This track is a trace of that struggle.
Eventually, I ran out of time.
“This is finished for now.”
But when I listened back, I wasn’t sure.
Was this track worth releasing at all?
For a while, I wasn’t certain.
Even so, I chose to let it drift into the world.
And honestly, even after releasing it, that feeling of uncertainty remained.
But then, here on Tumblr, a few people responded to it.
Their words meant more to me than they probably realize.
I think I’m ready to move on to the next song.
