Aurora I: A Quiet Coronation by herrsolera Music not playing? Switch to HTML5 Player. Share:    Facebook Twitter Email

After two metal songs in the progressive / symphonic vein, I’ve decided to completely change gears and indulge my softer side. Even though a song like this has far fewer layers than my usual material, I find it’s a much bigger challenge to write.

I was inspired by my grandmother and the contemplative look into which she often descends when the world around her gets too boisterous. I often wonder where she goes in these moments, what memory she picks from a life of almost 85 years to revisit. Although she has a loving family, with grandchildren and one great-grandchild, she must share with the rest of us that needling human impulse to occasionally let our minds wander to older, simpler times. The song is meant to embody that experience; a contemplative and meditative reverie, a cocktail of distant thoughts with a hint of melancholy.

The influences I channeled for this song range from big-name composers to individual artists on this site. You can guess who they are but you know who you are.