Steemit-Exclusive Release from Electronic Cassette: Insomnia Jamz (...

I'm a definite insomniac. I've been plagued with sleeping issues since I was 18 years old, and they've followed me through college and only seem to get worse as I make my way through adulthood.

Up until a couple of months ago, I spent this time literally fighting the concept that I couldn't sleep...and that made the cycle that much more painful. Those out there who are of similar mind will completely understand what I'm saying.

Then I started channeling that time into creative uses. Although most of what I come up with at those hours would not (most of the time) be what I consider to even being in the caliber of my best work, but it's a good as a time as ever to practice, and I'm trying to use it to that benefit.

I wrote the song, "Sleep" that I released as a demo and music video on Steemit a few months ago on the subject of this very thing. You can listen to and read about it by clicking here.

"Some people identify with 3 AM, the dark and the lonliness comforts them...but not me."

Anyway...

Now, when I can't sleep, I just mess around with beats, samples and video-edit together messes of things like this.

Enjoy Insomnia Jamz, and keep in mind that this bad boy is not really EQed AT ALL, so you'll probably want to turn down those headphones and my apologies for that bass being so uneven in the mix. :)

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Just a couple notes:

All sounds are used with full permission or are created by me using only an iPhone 6+, and the clever combination of Launchpad for iOS, Blocs Wave, and Garage Band.

The video is comprised of some shots taken over the winter of Nathaniel Greene Park in Springfield, Missouri that I'd taken with a particular video in mind that I never got around to making, so instead I just made them weird and put them with insomnia jamz, as that's the kind of thing my brain on no sleep thinks is a good idea.

The video was also shot and edited using only an iPhone 6+ stock back camera and edited in iMovie.

The two key figures in this video are the girl and the peace stone in the park. The girl has always fascinated me by the Butterfly house, and she is holding butterflies on her fingers and they are surrounding her...this image has always struck me as interesting, so I spent some time filming her. The other key figure is the Peace stone and the Peace Garden within the park, as well. This little area of the park is tucked back in a far corner...and I really wish the Peace Stones were more publically visible.