Music has a way of shaping the emotional atmosphere around us. It attaches itself to memory, grief, identity, relationships, and the parts of our lives that words cannot always reach.

In this episode of Human After All, Tanisha Christie, LCSW takes a closer look at the theme music heard at the beginning of the podcast: “Better Angels,” written, produced, performed, and sung by Alexis Hightower. Tanisha reflects on the often unseen labor behind music-making: the vulnerability, experimentation, discipline, technology, frustration, and imagination required to translate feeling into sound.

Alexis then shares the story behind “Better Angels,” from the drum and bass groove that first gave the song its sense of forward movement, to the way the song shifted from something bold and self-assured into something more honest, introspective, and human. She speaks about writing, producing, recording, and mixing the song, and how the music came to hold a message about fear, surrender, support, and allowing our “better angels” to do some of the fighting.

This episode is a meditation on creativity, healing, and the humanity behind the art we consume. It reminds us that sometimes healing enters through conversation, and sometimes it enters through sound first.

Credits

Podcast: Human After All

Presented By: Liberation-Based Therapy

Host: Tanisha Christie, LCSW

Music Credit:

“Better Angels” written, performed and produced by Alexis Hightower

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