This song was the figure head for the Reflections album, and was the song that brought all the other themes into light for me, connecting them. This probably is one of the first Rock-adjacent songs that I wrote and released. I have a few others but this was the first released one. It centers voice, electric guitar, and heavy drums while telling a story about an individual on a search for a mysterious figure they once saw through the window of a coffee shop. The narrator/singer claims that that person that they ended chasing, but never finding was something like a role model to them, being 'the person I wanted to become, but never could find.' The concept of the song as a whole is that the person that the narrator was chasing, and trying to become like, was their own reflection, though they were unaware of this. This song was meant to be a strong commentary on the spiritual concept that everything that we need is already inside us, that we already are who we need to be, and we just have to recognize that, and allow ourselves to be who we are at any given moment for things to work out as they need to. I think this is really interesting to see as I look at my past work, because I feel that this song might actually be directly continued by another song that I've written, which I released more recently as a single - 'The Murder of an Appariton.' I say this because both have so much to do with the personal perspectives of self, and how if people get stuck on certain perspectives of themselves or others, they may end up getting lost in the mix of all of it.

This song is actually kind of funny when you know the context. its definitely my most petty song, and Its honestly a little wack that I wrote it at all LOL. Here's the story. My best friend, and girlfriend, at the time told me about a dream they had, where I was there. I was elated because thats awesome, frankly, I don't typically make cameos in other people's dreams (so far as I know) so yeah I was excited. Anyways, I got majorly shot down, and kind of butthurt because the dream was an apocalypse dream, and she like, lost me, really early on in the dream? Like. Why would you tell someone that? What gives? Anyhow, yeah, this song is my petty interaction with my own internal thoughts about this story, as well as me telling this story in real time, in song form. Its really funny, but its also kind of petty. So have fun listening!! hahaha

Starving Earth is a very hauntingly pretty song. Similarly to 'You Beat My Heart' it deals with the contrasting but coexisting truths - between beauty and pain specifically. This song reflects on the cycle of life, and the cycles of death and rebirth, with an emphasis on how, in order to feed the living, there must be dead. in order for their to be beauty or joy, there must be destruction or pain that contrasts it. I hate to bring back the classic example but 'there cannot be dark without the light, or vice versa.' It's a very tragic song about coming to terms with all of these things and more, and grieving the fact that this is how things 'must' be, are now, or have been for so many millions of years. I have made a much updated remaster of this song with a more modern musical voice of mine, more synthesizers and drums, more voice parts, and more, and I plan to release that with my coming album 'The Ghost.' However, this rendition will always have avery special place in my heart, and will always stay up because I think multiple iterations of this song are necessary since they give slightly different vibes with their different instrumentations and singing styles.

Moss and Stones is something of an interlude for this album. It flows between the songs pretty well, with its vibe, instrumentation, and the character it takes on. It meshes them pretty well. It definitely falls right in between the different aesthetics of this albums songs pretty well. Themes of nature, the interconnection between the electronic and the acoustic instruments, the chosen use of effects, and finally the reflective/thoughtful/emotional tone that it takes on; these all push the song towards being a perfect bridge for the album as a whole and linking everything together.

This piece is one that I wrote with one of my older brothers. He is incredibly knowledgeable/talented in his musical work with sequencers, synthesizers and modular systems, and has been a huge inspiration to me in those regards. He taught me how to use his modular system one night and supervised my writing of this piece. ​ I find the title and the subject of the piece interesting because it corresponds with the subject of a movie that I started writing nearly three years later, completely unconnected and coincidentally. ​ I will be releasing a song that directly corresponds with that movie soon under the title 'The Boy Who Saw The Sun Die,' so stay tuned for that! It has a very fun dark synthesized vibe to it.

This piece was created first as a piece of poetry that was written about the beauty and the pain of love alike - trusting someone with your heart is difficult. Sometimes it can end up beat and battered, and sometimes the other person will give you a reason for your heart to continue beating. This song in particular is a reflection on how both of these can be true at the same time, and how going back and forth between these feelings can be extremely jarring and unhealthy, but we tend to stick with it anyways for the sake of love. For those of you who are going through hard times, with romantic partners who make you feel like they're beating up your heart rather than giving it reason to beat on its own with theirs, I recommend that you take the time to consider your feelings on a very deep level, and to take the time and space that you need in order to heal. Sometimes love can be harmful, and you need to take a step back for your own sake when that's the case if possible. Your happiness and well being is immensely important and no one should be making you feel otherwise. Stay happy and healthy out there. We love you through anything!

'Awhy' was a song that I wrote based on a quote that claimed that 'a person who has a why, can bear with almost any how.' This quote bore with me strongly because at the time I was writing this piece I was very much struggling to find purpose and direction in my own life. I had a vague direction of course, I knew that I wanted to create, and that I wanted to make a postive impact on people with the art I made, but beyond that, I didnt really know what that meant for me, or how to move towards it quite yet. I wish that when I wrote this piece I would have strayed a little further from this quote to give a passage or journey that would serve to guide myself or others on a deeper level, rather than just assure that direction was the solution. I think that focusing too deeply on that can cause people to get stuck in feeling lost, and beat themselves up about that when actually being lost is part of the journey sometimes... like, how you need to be lost to find the way sometimes? Idk. I suppose that would have been a little difficult to take that direction for this song because it was also half-way used as a school assignment and I needed to stay within parameters. LMAO.

Toadstools and Lilypads sounds about how you think it would. it sounds like a nice damp woodland setting, with frogs and lilypads, and other soft, muffled things lying about as you walk in the woods peacefully. I love little ditties like this. I spend a good amount of time in the forests near where I live, because its great for health (physically and mentally) and because it inspires me and generally makes me a happier and more peaceful individual, and these are all things I value and strive for so perfect. This song is a reflection of that, and doesn't really have a deeper meaning. it sounds good and it was important to me, so I wanted to share it with all of you. I hope you find it as enjoyable as I did!!!

Hollow Voices is another piece that I wrote primarily as an instrumental for solo electric guitar. It follows the vibes and the themes of many other songs that surround it in the same album, with darker, reflective, contemplative tones, and a focus on the beauty in the dark. If I remember correctly, I titled it 'Hollow Voices' at the time of release because it reminded me of the tone of voice that someone has while they're grieving - a sort of hollow, soft tone, with undercurrents of deeper emotions. Gratefulness, regret, beauty, anger. All of these and more, all at once. I thought it was cool that these emotions could be so deeply expressed without lyrics that I didn't add lyrics at all. I thought somehow they'd get in the way of what the song was trying to say, so I left it open to the idirection of the ears of the listeners. Again, I'm curious what you and the others who listen along may think!

'Promises' is a sweet and wholesome instrumental featuring ukulele, light percussion, and strings. It was written to feel like an embrace and a warm summer's day.

This song is a manifestation of internal struggles with self worth and expectations. The narrator wrestles with the concept of self worth with their own internal voice, which is why there's a call and response, back and forth, at the beginning of the piece. The narrator goes about wondering if they are enough, if they need to be more physically, emotionally, or in some other way. At the end of the song, they even begin to wonder if their love is enough? Whether you want to interpret this piece as wondering if the narrator is enough for themselves or someone else is entirely up to you. *looks around suspiciously* "THE VOICES!!!!"

Lamplight is the first collaborative song that I ever wrote, so far as I know. My older brother, the synth guru himself, came to visit and brought his modular synthesizer while our parents were out for a few days. we ended up staying up til probably two writing the synth parts and connecting/disconnecting cables,turning knobs, and using sequencers I didn't really understand all that well yet, and eventually, some lyrics began to come to mind, so we recorded them as well as the patch to make this collaboration between the two of us. I should note that the lyrics more were meant to amplify the vibes and the mental imagery that came with the synth patch, since largely that was written first, and didn't have a lot of room for lyrics to begin with, so it is noto as directioned as some of my other more lyrical works. It is a very fun piece though. Kind of Owl City in texture and instrumentation at times, which is fascinating to me.

Purgatory is one of the songs that I'm noting off as the start to a new collection of songs that I'm working on developing titled 'The Fables Collection,' which is deeply focused on creating new stories and life lessons and songs in the style of old timey fairy tales and fables. I find that it has been an immensely satisfying and inspirational process, and has proved to be a great exercise in worldbuilding. This particular song follows the adventures of two 'young' spirits as they travel through the woods on the way to get to the Garden and do everything they can to avoid being caught by a mysterious figure called 'The Hunter'. It has an ominous but beautiful vibe to it, and I think that's great because it fits the concept of Fables so well! you may notice, but this song is interconnected with my other song 'Promised Land,' as it used/developed a common theme, but in a different way. I think that has some interesting implications that I may dive deeper into later on.

Earthbound, as a piece was focused on reflecting on a certain method of coping that I became very drawn to for a while in high school - that method being escapism, of course. I find that most people use some kind of escapism to cope with difficulty, but I realized around this time that for me it was becoming kind of detrimental for a time, even though I think it was necessary for me at that time in my life. I thought, "there's no way someone can survive in this world if they're completely sane,' so I actively lived in a daze to help myself get through what was causing me a hard time. while this song deals with all of that, it also encourages those who are listening to live with hope, optimism, and a whole lot of delulu, no matter what, and to not let themselves get to bogged down by the darkness around them. Really, It's all about making the active decision to think in whatever way you need to survive, to thrive, and to keep going until you get to a better space, because it WILL get better. I should also note that Earthbound was written pretty closely in time with Awhy, so it has some deep interconnections with the messages and ideas of that piece as well. You may see what I mean if you look and listen.