Dear Friends,
Happy 4th!! I am so excited to share a new surprise lil piece of music! It's called "July 4, 2020: Aphelion" and it belongs to my "Astronomy" ongoing series of songs inspired by astronomical events and discoveries!! ...
"The Aphelion is the point in the orbit of an object where it is farthest from the Sun." (- wikipedia) Today, we are at the farthest point away from the Sun that we ever get. Roughly 3 million miles farther than where we'll be in 6 months (at Perihelion, when we are closest to the Sun)
I chose to write a piece of music about Earth's 2020 Aphelion because this year feels like we're falling further and further away from the Sun. It's been an incredibly challenging 6 months for just about everyone on planet Earth and somehow thinking that today, the Earth will begin to find its way back to the Sun makes me feel hopeful that the next half of 2020 could be brighter. Maybe even healing. This hope inspired these simple lyrics of this song:
"i feel far away
a million miles away
i feel it in my soul
aphelion
healing begins"
This piece of music is the score of sorts to the last difficult 6 months. Woven throughout, there are tiny sounds in tribute to the news of the pandemic, protests, riots, the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9, (even a nod to Animal Crossing: New Horizons.) And snippets of sound from every month of 2020 so far.
"Aphelion" officially kicks off "Astronomy, Vol. 2"! Can't wait to continue on being inspired and enchanted by the incredible astronomical events and discoveries as they unfold!
NOTE: Because I literally put the finishing touches on this song like 12 hours ago, it's still finding it's way to music services. BUT you can hear it right this second on Spotify, Soundcloud (stream or download!) and YouTube! I'll let you know when it's everywhere else. Honored to share it with you!!
So super honored that Billie Eilish added my cover of “I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)” to her show “me & dad radio” on Apple Music!! I love her work so needless to say, my month has been made by this.
Thanks for reading and listening!! Honored to share!! Hope your 4th today is wonderful and safe and that this next half of 2020 is kinder and brighter for you!
Huge Love, Ryan - Sleeping At Last