Delta Dreams - When I Close My Eyes (Music Video)

iTunes itunes.apple.com DeltaDreams.com I wrote this song based on what I see When I Close My Eyes. It was my first experience arranging an electronic-based orchestra. LYRICS (full version) Shouts and doubts said and disappointed by the man who raised his hands to the Sun. I was inspired to write "When I Close My Eyes" while listening to Enigma Principles of Lust. Both songs have a very similar beat and mood. However, I wanted to make it even more atmospheric and visual. I kept envisioning being on a ship lost at sea during a storm and then finally seeing a light house. I have been asked before if I write music visually or emotionally. The creative process starts off visually and then emotionally. It is important for me to tell some kind of story with movement. The story doesn't necessarily have to be dictated by words but also sounds. The song also needs to have some kind of conflicting emotional tension. The mood of a lot of my songs tend to be melancholic but will always have an uplifting ending to them. That is very important to me to have light at the end of the dark tunnel. When I Close My Eyes overall has piano, strings, pads, music box, effects and a steady beat. There is a subtle harp and fluge horn during the verses. The harp represents the lighthouse guiding the ship while the fluge horn is the fog that dampens the light. I felt that the ending of the song had to have an uplifting crescendo to take the ship out of the storm. I was in the zone while recording <b>...</b>
Author: deltadreams
Duration: 5:45



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Delta Dreams - When I Close My Eyes (Music Video)