The First Sixteen (Litmus)

Learning that spiders don’t be inside houses with mold because it’s bad for their webs. This then led to me connecting how Texas and specifically Houston being as humid as it is can cause mold in houses. This jumpstarted the lyric process bringing the line “Must be this air down south”.

It started with a random fact about spiders avoiding moldy houses and I focused on having fun with the writing process by sharing my thoughts indirectly by giving the characteristics of what I’m saying and letting the listeners put 2+2 together.

Yeah I learned that when I started the session to record in my room that I should’ve set the BPM of the instrumental so that Detre could have more control of mixing the beat and my vocals.

Embrace yourself. I want the listeners to feel how they can’t escape from themselves. You will either have to accept you’re capable of more but rather do what others expect of you or you’re going to be the person that shows them a better version greater than even you can imagine.

There’s plenty, that’s what inspired me to create the first sixteen.

In the making of Litmus, what it reflects are the expectations of maturing as an adult that led me to running from the music through frustration and pressures to fit the image of what success looks like to others but took what I learned and applied to building myself through the music.

Dorian made the beat and it connected with me so I started writing but decided it would fit the lyrics I already had for litmus that I wrote off a Youtube beat.

I recorded at home so there wasn’t much Dorian or Detre could mold but I’ll be recording final versions at the studio with them

I enjoy the vibe the beat gives because it reminds me of Stranger Things

The big picture i want to paint is a journey of progression from being someone trapped behind the world to leading it.

Create my lyrics to be fun to listen to and recite and be indirect so the listener can plug their moments into.

Understanding the flow of the process from idea to the listener so I can teach others no matter the industry.

Creating a world from this song for fans to experience.

The urge to keep pursuing a dream comes off as crazy and I blame the air down south for me needed to take medicine for this. (Hence the white tops to keep the kids up out of this.)

This refers to life closing in on me in so the clouds are like the ceiling in some houses that have that popcorn surface that my dreads rub off into the carpet mixing in with the medicine pills I’m taking to help against dreaming

Refers to how even the person next to you may have a dream but are working against themselves for expectations of others. Going against the norm can cause a lot of explaining and having to hear others doubts rejections etc and that can cause issues within yourself that make you resent others doubt yourself and feel alone. That can be loud which is what I mean when I say loud noises