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

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

Aurora Borealis

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