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We Out Here (the night my track found me)
I wanted to share this story with you.
This will resonate if you’ve ever been surprised by your own music turning up in the wild.
About two years ago I was at We Out Here Festival. One of the lovely fellas who helped set it up lives in the same village as me in Somerset – as such, a large contingent of us turn out every year.
That year we had the kids with us, which is both lovely and sometimes a little exhausting. What it also means is late nights are rationed — because kicking on until 4am when you’ve got three small people waking you up at 7am is… not a vibe.
Saturday was my night. My wife had Friday, and I was gonna get after it — in a reasonable, but still enjoyable way.
Around 7pm I bid farewell to the fam, found my crew in Rhythm Corner, and settled in. We danced together as the sun started to sink lower in the sky. Crew came and went, but a nucleus remained — all vibrating with that special “we’re out (here)” energy.
A way into proceedings I took a short walk to find refreshment, leaving my gang in Rhythm Corner and heading to the bar just outside…
when my night took a turn I’ll never forget.
In the distance I caught a sound that made my ears prick. My spider senses sharpened. My ears tuned into the tune coming in the mix.
It was mine. WTF!?
Cue top-speed floaty running.
CC:Disco was banging out my edit of Roy Ayers’ Chicago to what felt like a gazillion people — including a whole herd of my mates.
I made it back into Rhythm Corner just in time to hear the tune in full flex and see my mates.
Grabbing one of my better mates forcibly:
“This is one of mine.”
“Whattttt?”
“It’s one of mine.”
“Fucking get in!!!”
That tune came out over ten years ago.
But that moment is gonna live with me for a long time.
I’m smiling now thinking about it.I’ll smile when I tell the story again.
And here’s the point: if I hadn’t finished and released that tune, that memory wouldn’t exist. No goosebumps, no shouting “this is mine” to my mates, no story I’ll carry for life.
Finish your tunes.
Put them out.
Have some adventures & stories to tell.
The end.
Tx
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We Out Here (the night my track found me)
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