Happy Ghosts – It has been done before – Traveling Lights



Here are the building blocks that led to the final version of the song

Using the drums as a click track to aid composition. The outline of the song is written on the bass guitar


Adding keyboards for extra dimension to the structure and to help determine whether the individual sections are working


Introduce more rhythms to help accentuate the change and definition between sections in the song


The original vocal performance. PLEASE NOTE there is silence between the vocals

Placing vocal components within the musical track, ensuring they sound as natural as possible



Using other instruments to add more dynamics to the tracks now that a vocal pattern has been established


Perform a final edit to ensure song dynamics are accentuated, with overall performance sounding as tight as possible


There are a number of CREDITS that need to be acknowledged in the creation of this song. They are:

“Traveling Lights” by DeBenedictis (c) copyright 2017
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license
http://ccmixter.org/files/lisadb/56847

Jaesongraziano, TalkingMonkey, 4Alexa, Fratricide (140 Beats Per Minute)


Here are the lyrics for “Traveling Lights” (written by Lisa DeBenedictis)
Close the window and your eye
Disappear into the blue
Wrap your fingers around the great escape
Looking down on those traveling lights
I best be on my way
Floating down that moving sidewalk
I go clear-eyed and calm
Don’t want the footfall
That’s delight
Tell me far too long
And without you
No longer trouble
I’m looking down on those traveling lights
And I am on my way
Floating down that moving sidewalk
I go clear-eyed and calm
Don’t want the footfall
That’s delight
And I am on my way
This torch is heavy
But I travel light
I know its lonely on the top shelf
Cos I’ve been there myself
Oh, I‘ve been there
Deep in my cups
High in the sky
When I just wanted something of my own
Oh, I’ve been there