New song! HAZELNUT

To end the year off with a bang, I have written my latest song hazelnut which is available on Spotify and Apple Music as of right now.

One of the reasons I wrote this song was because I am currently experimenting with some new recording equipment and I really wanted to see how far my skills could go using real instruments and vocals for this track. By using a more practical way of recording, I have managed to create a more raw and real sound. With electric guitar and a real bass guitar as well.

So this song, my huge inspirations were Ocean Alley, The Vanns And along with Paramore’s recent work. Sometimes I have a hard time deciding what type of music I want to write. When creating a project, it’s hard for me to stick to one type of genre of music since I enjoy writing a lot of genres. But for this song I was really aiming to sound more Indie/alternative rock

Hazelnut is based on the premise of uncertainty with love and being able to trust someone with your heart. In the past it has been hard for me to trust people regarding romantic relationships due to trust issues and commitment issues. These days it’s hard for me to trust anyone with love… That could be because I was so easily drawn to people that gave me attention or gave me a little bit of love to where I would want to be with them, And I would try to revolve my whole life around them. I guess this could be caused by past traumas where I wasn’t loved enough. I wasn’t appreciated for who I was.

this song also focuses on being yourself and the struggles of trying to have the strength to do so, I guess for some people it’s harder than others to be yourself. When in your mind you’re incapable of acting out the process. This is heavily due to social media, Beauty, Weight loss, And social Standards. There’s also so much more that relates to self-esteem issues and people not being able to be themselves.

My new song hazelnut is a deep dive into my mind and my current state of well-being.

in the end it’s really important to understand self-worth and self standards. Surrounding yourself with people that feed your mental health in a good way through support and love. But also understanding to not get confused with other relationships that may give you love but will also mentally degrade and diminish your state of mind.

I also decided to record with an old friend. My bass guitar that I haven’t played since high school (2016). It was really exciting to finally play bass again. I decided to open my case and as soon as I saw the bass guitar, I immediately wanted to record a new song with it. It was a bit rough in the beginning since the old battery that hadn’t been changed since 2016 was still in there, Which caused the base to sound very fuzzy. But thankfully, once the battery was replaced, the bass guitar sounded as good as new. Now that I have discovered a new way to record my project, I’ll definitely be using this bass in future projects as well.

While writing the lyrics for hazelnut, I found myself To always be at the train station when listening to the backing track and trying to write some lyrics down.

Hearing the Trains arrive and leave, Listening to the bustling people, and the city sounds was a part of my writing process. So I thought it would be such a good idea to add a little bit of Brisbane into my song. If you listen to the beginning in the end, you can hear the sound of a train coming and going. I thought it was a nice Easter egg For Brisbane.

I hope you guys enjoy the new song Hazelnut and I also hope you guys have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year

Love from Emmara

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