(full disclosure- chatGPT wrote the following intro): "Awaken To Love | a father's guide to a good life" is a heartfelt musical journey, crafted from the depths of a father's love. This video encapsulates the wisdom and life lessons that the author wishes to impart, distilled into a song that resonates with the universal human experience. The lyrics, drawn from a deeply personal letter, explore three fundamental principles: self-awareness and connection to the universe, mindfulness and presence in life, and the power of openness and acceptance. This video serves as a beacon of compassion and tenderness, acknowledging the strength in sensitivity and the gift it offers to others. It encourages viewers to embrace life fully, assuring them of their inherent value and the potential for personal growth. It also carries a hopeful message about humanity's capacity for love, acceptance, oneness, and cooperation, suggesting that these qualities can restore the natural order. "Awaken To Love" is more than just a song; it's a testament to the transformative power of love and a guide to living a good life. Whether you're seeking personal development, spiritual growth, or simply a touching piece of original music, this video offers a profound and moving experience. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtB9KBWIUZc

This composition started our as a challenge to myself as a way of getting my creative juices flowing. I decided to try and make a composition which modulated through each of the twelve keys in both major and minor modes, with the restriction that I could only stay in one scale for eight bars and in that eight bars I needed to play the tonic chord twice while also using a unique chord progression for each scale rather than finding a suitable one and transposing it twenty four times. I was pleasantly surprised with the piece that emerged from the exercise, and was listening to the composition as a whole for the first time in order to hear it's personality and learn its name. I heard it's rhythmic instability and seeming battle to find a staple tempo throughout, every modulation alternates between major and minor and the tonal ambiguity of the piece really stood out as I listened- at times triumphant and at times defeated and at other times almost sinister. And overall it is very cinematic and seems to have this epic struggle throughout, although the ending remains ambiguous and without resolution. And in seeing and hearing all that, I finally understood- I had been composing an homage to 2020 and telling the story in the music. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W5dcWYYwhg