The story of "At Dawn" - the last song on Chapter Six. This episode describes the lyrical impetus, musical easter eggs, and collaborations that made the song take its final form.

LESSONS LEARNED: songs are hard to finish, singing low notes is even harder, remembering the names of your favorite artists is impossible. Distraction can not only prevent you from completing a podcast episode recorded a year earlier, but can also lead to metal versions of the song you're working on.

Photos and show notes: wearechptrs.com

Stems and additional mixes: musicbed.com

00:00 Peppa Pig
00:45 How it started
01:29 What is it about?
03:05 BGVs
03:44 Strings
04:32 Drums
05:08 The "saxophone"
05:48 Watery eyes
07:03 Nick Drake?
08:29 Slow build like a sunrise
09:10 The intern
10:36 Layers
11:32 Finally done
12:02 Stupid metal drums
12:30 At Dawn

The story of "Close To Me". Its origin, lyrics, and the long uneasy path to realization. Two drummers, starting over, and sacrificing what's good for what's right. Also… dad jokes.

Photos and show notes: wearechptrs.com

Stems and additional mixes: musicbed.com

So, 2020 was weird, right? Let's talk about California, singing way too high, Nashville strings, Pirates of the Carribean, recording birds...oh yeah, and how this song got made.

Change, the pandemic, and music inspired this new piece of music that helped us get through the pandemic and change.

"It's about deciding that the time is right to do something extravagant. You have to jump right then or you never will. If it fails, it fails...but let's go out magnificently...Let's just go."

Cancel out the noise, let's talk, let's dream. What do we want to do? Who do we want to be? A lot is changing but we still actually have control over that.

Photos and show notes: wearechptrs.com

Stems and additional mixes: musicbed.com