Fearless 

Rough demo recorded early 2024. If you listen closely you can hear some unapologetic "studio" chatter.
"Fearless" is the name of one of my favo(u)rite Pink Floyd tunes. I got into it during the first months of Covid, and I believe its inclusion of the Kopp singing a rousing "You'll Never Walk Alone" is not NOT to blame. Along with only a few other songs, it became a kind of safe haven for me. Oddly, it reminded me less of Anfield than of the pines in the heights of Carmel-by-the-sea, where I spent one afternoon breathing in the vistas and warm cedars of the central coast of California.
Besides Floyd's Meddle, from whence "Fearless" came, I also revisited Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On. (This is Peter Green-era Mac, mind you, which isn't a necessary prerequisite but I think it's an important distinction.) Near the end of the album is a lovely instrumental tune entitled "My Dream". It evoked much of the same emotion and history as "Fearless". I knew that I wanted to cover both songs in some capacity, and I recorded GarageBand demos of both on my phone that summer. The idea struck me only four years later to arrange a new composition that incorporated elements of both songs. That's this song you're listening to now.
I've lived in fear a great deal of my life and this song - and its source material - inspires me to dwell on the peaceable, lovely things in life. Nature. Early weekend mornings. Family. Ironically, this fear sometimes appears in the form of impatience, which emotion has spurred me to share a demo of this song versus waiting to do a proper recording of it. I intend to do so, at any rate, and release it in a somewhat more official capacity. Like on a CD-R, or something. For now, I hope you are able to look past its shabbiness and find some peace in it to sustain you through doubtful times.
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