Hey! Working on Red Horizon

I just wanted to say hey; thought it would be nice to add a personal touch to the content I’m putting out for my future self and maybe somebody else or two who may stumble upon my music content that I share here on YouTube and SoundCloud.

I’m having a lot of fun. I’m enjoying producing music, but I’m becoming more and more involved with it, so I’m trying to be careful to not neglect my responsibilities for all of the other hats that I wear: husband, father, employee, business owner, etc. That reminds me: I need to check if I have any court appointments or deadlines coming up or that I may have missed!


It’s cool that advances in technology have allowed me to produce music in a much shorter production time. Until now, although I had a passion for music, and wrote some music in my younger days, and a little here and there throughout my life, it was just dabbling for a few minutes, here and there, very sparsely.


I’m typing this up in Google Docs, a second draft, because my first draft that I wrote directly in the YouTube video description disappeared when I accidentally hit some random key on my laptop keyboard.


Anyway, I’m sure this is different from what I originally wrote, but oh well; press on.


Oh, before I go, about the song, or songs that I’m working on now: the first one called “Red Horizon”, is about a lone traveler who breaks down in the vast expanses of the Australian Gibson Desert. As the desert heat creates shimmering optical mirages, physical orientation fades, forcing them into an intense internal interrogation of perception vs. reality. Is the desert real, or is the mind constructing space and time to protect itself from absolute void?


The first draft of the song was too long, so I decided to split it into two songs. The first song is actually part 1. The second, will have the same name, with “Part 2” appended. Uh, that’s kind of stupid to say, I guess, since it’s obvious. Well, more to come.


Take care,

Hyrum


November 10, 2026 Tuesday 1045

Saint Leonard, Maryland, USA


Read this on YouTube at https://youtu.be/qynN_8hfuCM

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