Hey there. Sam here with a new song for you. If you think someone else might like it, then it’s for them too!
a few notes
NPR runs their Tiny Desk Contest every year. They invite bands like us to record a video in front of a tiny desk, then invite a lucky winner to their offices to perform. This is a song from my 28-in-28-days challenge last August/September. I hope you like it.
Performed and written by Hello Emerson Daniel Seibert on percussion Jack Doran on keys Sam Emerson Bodary on voice and guitar Video by King Productions (https://portfolio.kingedits.com/) thanks to a generous skill swap from David at Yellow Weld (https://www.yellowweld.com/)
lyrics
When I wake up I reach for my coffee cup
Not full but just full enough
To raise a toast
To ambition to big plans
To booking some shows
Where we play to more than just the band
That played before us
And the one next up
Would that feel like enough?
Cause I might not be In love with this honestly
All the promo and content
And the hustle and bustle
And the Siren calls To NYC
Would it be enough to just do this kind of stuff
On work nights and weekends
With family and work friends
To build a community and tour inconsistently
Hopscotching on PTO
And say no no
No competition
No PR
No good distribution
So the vinyl we press can go far
To find strangers like me
Browsing aimlessly
Stack by stack
Do we deserve that?
My ambition is small plans
It’s writing some songs
That won’t ever be covered again
And playing with friends for
Friends of friends
And if something happens
Something happens
But when I wake up
I reach for my darling love
Awake but not quite woken up