And Then I Wake Up

This is a song I wrote awhile ago that never really went anywhere arrangement-wise.  There’s something to be said for embracing simplicity and keeping orchestration sparse, but in this case it was just because I didn’t really have any ideas.

The song has two somewhat pretty sections, both fairly simple, and they basically just alternate for three minutes until it ends.  I hadn’t really thought too much about what other instruments could fit in there, or how I could rework the structure, or what the dynamics should be.  A lot of my music ends up somewhat unfinished for similar reasons.

This was the first song of mine that Luke remixed, and I think it was his idea.  I like his take on it better.  Here’s the original version:

-Joe