song 132 : Shelter (Tacoma Ballet)
The final track of Tacoma Ballet, a surprisingly tender and comforting song, inspired by Patty Schemel’s keyboard riff provided the perfect backdrop for my vocals about survival.
The story of Tacoma Ballet ends with the heroine out in the world, strong enough to smile in the rain, strong enough to come home and find comfort in the familiar evergreens, strong enough to go back into the world, anywhere she wants to go she can go.
I had no idea I was telling a story when I sang these songs. But the story is clear to me now. Ronnie noticed it first. Ginsberg’s man Randy Roark saw it right away, too.
When a graduate student in literature who likes my music dropped an outline on me, the anatomy of the story of Tacoma Ballet, I realized my experiment in trusting the creativity of the unconscious had been more successful than I could have hoped.
That’s more important to me than the fact that Tacoma Ballet made it to number one on the radio. But that both seemingly impossible things happened, that makes me smile.
Listen to the song: Click Here
The story of Tacoma Ballet ends with the heroine out in the world, strong enough to smile in the rain, strong enough to come home and find comfort in the familiar evergreens, strong enough to go back into the world, anywhere she wants to go she can go.
I had no idea I was telling a story when I sang these songs. But the story is clear to me now. Ronnie noticed it first. Ginsberg’s man Randy Roark saw it right away, too.
When a graduate student in literature who likes my music dropped an outline on me, the anatomy of the story of Tacoma Ballet, I realized my experiment in trusting the creativity of the unconscious had been more successful than I could have hoped.
That’s more important to me than the fact that Tacoma Ballet made it to number one on the radio. But that both seemingly impossible things happened, that makes me smile.
Listen to the song: Click Here
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