First Flight: Tampa to New York City

Wooow it’s already begun! Today I began my much-anticipated thirty day trek around the country on jetBlue’s All You Can Jet (AYCJ) pass.

This was my first time flying jetBlue, and I must say it was a very comfortable experience! The seats have plenty of legroom (not that it matters to someone my height…), and there are several other notable perks… but I’ll end my jetBlue advertisement here. That’s what their website’s for, right?

I felt really inspired while staring outside at the beautiful sky, and decided that I needed to challenge myself creatively with all of these hours in the air.

I’ve been really wanting to start writing more music, but can never find the time. So, I’m challenging myself to write and record a simple song idea on every flight I fly this month. Naturally, all of these will be very “MIDI” sounding and poorly mixed due to the roaring jet engine next door, but I hope to re-record my favorites once I’m back at my home studio in October.

So, here goes… my first song idea of the trip:

Let me know what you think!

Here are the rules I’ve set for myself for this challenge:

• No sampled loops, ever! - I’ve never really been a fan of them, where’s the fun in using other artists’ rhythms/melodies?
• My laptop is my only instrument – all songwriting must be done on the laptop, and all keyboarding must be done on, well… the keyboard.
• I must post something after each flight – regardless of how rough of a cut it is, it must be posted. The pressure’s on! It can be improved at a later date and reposted, but the key objective is to capture the ideas, not to necessarily make them sound good.

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