“Infinite Ambient: Hidden Shores” is the first in what will be a series of albums featuring music from the Infinite Ambient website (www.infiniteambient.com). The Infinite Ambient website and apps will be shutting down in Read more
“Infinite Ambient: Hidden Shores” is the first in what will be a series of albums featuring music from the Infinite Ambient® website (www.infiniteambient.com). The Infinite Ambient website and apps will be shutting down in early 2027, and I wanted to make the music on the site available here on Bandcamp, as one-hour albums available in CD quality.
The song “Hidden Shores” started life during the pandemic in 2020, as a live concert on YouTube (you can still find it at: https://youtu.be/KYX5M7bX8lg?si=tbNh40FGEPHjD7ZE ) Creating that concert, during that time, was one of the more satisfying events of my 33 year music career.
And one of the most satisfying musical moments of my life came during the “Hidden Shores” track- specifically, the ending. As I was creating the track with my loopers, reverbs and other such gadgets, I could feel the music building up to something. I had no idea what that “something” was, but I trusted it would show up. And it did- right toward the end of the ~28 minute long piece.
So, in early 2022, when I decided to do an Infinite Mix of “Hidden Shores”, I knew that I wanted to edit the track to where the ending would be fairly prominent.
When listening to the track for this hour-long album (and with over six years of hindsight), I can now say that the reason the ending of “Hidden Shores” resonated with me the way it did (and still does) is that it was the “comfort” that came after the “questions”. And, in May 2020, it felt good to get a musical “this is all going to be ok” dropped my way. I needed that.
And make no mistake- I still need that. I tend to be private about these things, but I'm going to speak frankly: my life is good, but there have been some challenges this past year. And that's hardly news; there have been challenges for so many people I know this past year.
But the gift in the hours I spent mastering this “Infinite Ambient: Hidden Shores” album has been being “musically reminded” that, despite these challenges, and the ones ahead, “this is all going to be ok”.
The song “Hidden Shores” started life during the pandemic in 2020, as a live concert on YouTube (you can still find it at: https://youtu.be/KYX5M7bX8lg?si=tbNh40FGEPHjD7ZE ) Creating that concert, during that time, was one of the more satisfying events of my 33 year music career.
And one of the most satisfying musical moments of my life came during the “Hidden Shores” track- specifically, the ending. As I was creating the track with my loopers, reverbs and other such gadgets, I could feel the music building up to something. I had no idea what that “something” was, but I trusted it would show up. And it did- right toward the end of the ~28 minute long piece.
So, in early 2022, when I decided to do an Infinite Mix of “Hidden Shores”, I knew that I wanted to edit the track to where the ending would be fairly prominent.
When listening to the track for this hour-long album (and with over six years of hindsight), I can now say that the reason the ending of “Hidden Shores” resonated with me the way it did (and still does) is that it was the “comfort” that came after the “questions”. And, in May 2020, it felt good to get a musical “this is all going to be ok” dropped my way. I needed that.
And make no mistake- I still need that. I tend to be private about these things, but I'm going to speak frankly: my life is good, but there have been some challenges this past year. And that's hardly news; there have been challenges for so many people I know this past year.
But the gift in the hours I spent mastering this “Infinite Ambient: Hidden Shores” album has been being “musically reminded” that, despite these challenges, and the ones ahead, “this is all going to be ok”.