Malcolm Ocean's roamblog

Breathe for a Minute ♫

created 2021-01-26 · edited 2021-01-26 · open in Roam
  • started working on this song in 2012, but got stuck. resumed 2021
  • 3v version for suno 2026
  • original 2012 verse - probably not gonna use?
    • Not a lotta working going on today
    • 'cause I don't feel like working, I just wanna play
    • a
      • it's a shame I got something I gotta do for tomorrow
      • but it's not like I'm soloclimbin' Kilimanjaro
    • b
      • it's a shame I got something I gotta get done for friday
      • but that doesn't mean it has to fill each minute of my day
  • v1
    • I got so many options that it's hard to say
    • which one of these infinities to make of my day
    • and so I'm bouncin' around like bubbles in a bottle that's fizzy
    • because apparently part of me thinks that I need to be busy
  • chorus 1
    • but imma... just relax for a minute
    • that's an option, innit?
    • just breathe for a minute
    • [inhale, exhale]
  • v2
    • ok now I've got some clarity 'bout what to do
    • but it feels aversive even though it's top of my queue
    • but maybe the problem's that I'm losing track of the parts
    • so I'm throwing a million fits but then I'm getting no starts
  • chorus 2
    • so imma... visualize for a minute
    • exactly how I'm gon' begin it
    • just breathe for a minute
  • v3
    • I'm havin' a conversation and I'm havin' a blast
    • but then inevitably somebody tells me that I'm talking too fast
    • and more important than getting airtime is I wanna get heard
    • so imma drop my words per minute; do more meaning per word
  • chorus 3
    • and imma... just relax for a minute
    • just be here in it
      • (maybe something about embodying )
    • just breathe for a minute
    • [inhale, exhale]
  • chorus 3
    • imma... stop and listen for a minute
    • then get back to wingin' it
    • just breathe for a minute
  • v4
    • [something about] heading to bed
    • but I've lost myself far deep away inside of my head
      • (a ref to both Who Am I and Dreaming of Days)
    • something about everything will be there tomorrow
      • something sorrow?
      • oooh, no, about time to borrow
    • (maybe also morning/warning/mourning)
  • chorus 4
    • just breathe for a minute
    • [inhale, exhale]
  • v5 - in line for Cory Wong
    • stomach all afluttery meeting Cory Wong
    • cause I was thinking of asking him to collaborate on my song
      • cause I wanna ask him to collaborate on my song
    • it's got a couple little rapid fire verses like this
    • and between 'em spacious minutes so in need of some licks
  • chorus 5
    • so I'm a... just relax for a minute
    • because fuckit, this is it
    • just breathe for a minute
  • v6 - slow is smooth and smooth is fast?
  • notes/thoughts
    • re tempo - I'm tempted to have it be at 112.5 bpm, which would mean 64 beats (ie 16 bars) would be exactly 1min
      • bit of a bit, but I like it
    • re chords
      • song maybe in C?
      • and the breathe chords might be
        • inhale: Gsus4 or Csus4 or G7sus4
        • exhale: C
        • (the common note basically being the root, C)
    • wowww
    • I might separate the "visualize how to begin" chorus from v1
    • I also might just dramatically change v1!
      • (I don't really like the "but it's not like I'm soloclimbin' Kilimanjaro" line although the rhyme is fun)
      • (such a climb would also want its own pausing & breathing, and the thing I want to express is something like "it's not like I'm running from a monster")
    • I think this could be awesome with a Cory Wong rhythm guitar, and I'm like "man, how do I get on his circuit of musicians sending each other demos and recording together?" ((plotting))
    • oho, Cory Wong Producer Pack maybe has the perfect loops
    • this song connects with we don't have time to rush
    • not feeling pushed but instead feeling pulled
      • pushed: mario side-scroller / trash compactor
      • pulled: drawn towards a vision - way more space

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May 6th, 2021

  • huh, Breathe for a Minute ♫ could use a verse inspired by the "catching my breath" work I've been doing recently
    • something about feeling like I need to justify my existence?
    • feeling like I need to frantically make sure others are ok

January 26th, 2021

I'm doing a single-tasking experiment today as part of #T… › @ 11:26 - just finished a shower in which I began reworki…