#takemehigher

[goboymusic]

It’s Monday. It’d be such a mind fuck to make Yoshi a Pokémon in an upcoming #Pokemon game.

In terms of recognition, my ultimate goal with music is to maintain a minimum of 15k streams per day. Don’t care about any recognition beyond that.

“Take Me Higher” was recorded while sitting cross-legged on the floor, holding a microphone in my hand, without any sound insulation. Bedroom pop at its purest.

Serious, grownup writing mode engage: spend five years pouring everything you have into an endeavor. Blood, sweat, tears. Every free moment. 16 hours on Saturday, 16 hours on Sunday. When the journey is over, you discover that you have nothing to show for it. Not a single piece of concrete evidence. No new relationships. No value created. You may as well have spent 5 years in a coma. That’s what “Take Me Higher” is about.

Similarly to song 40, I was in the process of relearning how to make things sound good again after a seven-year hiatus (read post 36 for more info), and once again, I didn’t nail it. You can hear moments of self-consciousness in my voice, along with EQ issues over the master track. That’s ok. Song 41 needed to be made before song 42 could be made, and so on.

This paragraph sounds somewhat sarcastic, but I promise it’s 100% heartfelt. While the lyrics were fueled by anger, and possibly undiagnosed depression, the creative release brought about a feeling of euphoria that I hadn’t experienced before. I sobbed during the creation of this song, not out of sadness, but out of the joy of rediscovering creativity. The combination of dark lyrics and euphoric feelings was strange. This emotional release continued throughout songs 40-49. Long, ugly sobs for each of them (excerpts from post 40).

In April, 2021, almost all of GoBoy 3, 4 and 5‘s songs were restructured to be under 2m 30s, including this song. In an attempt to increase replay value in this streaming era, most of GoBoy’s songs are now purposely around 2m 20s (excerpts from post 38).

A bass boost was added to songs 37-99 in Nov, 2021, while I was stuck at home with covid. As a result, this song feels more powerful. The bass boost isn’t a simple plugin nonchalantly added to each song. It’s a process that took about 3.5 hours per song, or one whole month to complete all songs. Admittedly, I pushed the bass boost a little too far for some of them. The bass in some songs sounds like a freaking earthquake (unnecessarily pronounced low frequencies 20 - 50 Hz). Might dial that back someday. The bass boost was also applied to every song on GoBoy 6 and beyond (excerpt from post 37).

[doldilic]

TakeMeHigher

[livingonearthnano]

視点がマクロかミクロかで全然見えている世界が違うのよな

おれは、どうやら後者なのよ〜。

podcastを聞いてて思った。百百てやつ。

おれは昔ならこれを聞き入ってた気がするんだけれど、なんか違うのよなバイブスが、それこそ。「国際交流を活発にさせたい」

takemehigheの方が好き。「日本の女性のための雑誌を作る」100%あの美学が好きなわけじゃないけれど、生き方とかの等身大な感じが私にはあってるなあーと。

おれはオルタナティブな生き方の方が好きみたいです

それでいいみたいだし

[seansheap]

Record 2202. #DianaRoss #TakeMeHigher #Remix #12inch The legend soul disco diva Diana Ross mixes it up with House DJ legend #FelixDaHouseCat , B.T, and T-Empo. #housemusic #dancemusic #disco #vinyl #records #nowspinning #vinyljunkie #recordcollection #vinyligclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CAsGkx8JoPg/?igshid=mk4y2egyd1cv

[jennisaur-blog1]

Unbelievable sights. Indescribable feeling. Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling. Through an endless diamond sky.

[wowswoopwoop]

:)

[shannonawesome]

My fancam from A.C.E. in Atlanta

[emiliar11]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc4rBtkbWKg)

[joelleeeeeee]

Less of me, more of you God

Take me into deeper waters with You,

Take me to greater heights,

Where Your Spirit leads

I’ll go

I don’t want to go anywhere if You’re not with me

I don’t want anything if You’re not in it, Jesus

[tompogsonmusic]

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#TakeMeHigher (Live at the Library) Album cut from #TheGoldblacks now online at #SoundCloud Link in bio or at 🔉 tompogson.com 🔊 #yyj #victoriabritishcolumbiacanada🇨🇦 #newmusic #victoriabc #vancouverisland #gvpl #explorevictoria #singersongwriter #victoriamusicscene #musically #yvrmusic #sing #audio #victoriabuzz #victoriahype #explorebc #sharevi #destinationbc #downtownvictoria #newmusic #unsignedartist #independantartist #unsignedhype #songwritersofinstagram #instadaily (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BthBUOmBdvs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uute3smu56k5

[u2girona]

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Via @u2 - ‘Tonight, it’s you!’ Opening night in Cologne and it’s even better than the real thing.. #Takemehigher #U2 #U2eiTour #köln - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BnWwiN9lvvJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lmmaxn8etceq

[toastiedotgif]

A.C.E - TAKE ME HIGHER MV

[axeltisha-blog]

Taking off

Happiness is an overwhelming feeling

Engulfing one and all in its dainty cloak.

It transports everyone beyond...

Above... farther...away

Sweeping us off our feet,

It brings us to our dreamland

[copicorn-blog]

Take me Higher 🌸

[wowswoopwoop]

these are needed by you all. 

why wasn’t this done