Original composed music by Ian Drake Bellon

Original composed music by Ian Drake Bellon

Original composed music by Ian Drake Bellon

Original composed music by Ian Drake Bellon

Original composed music by Ian Drake Bellon

Original composed music by Ian Drake Bellon

Original composed music by Ian Drake Bellon

Peering In is my first ever originally composed song. I sound down for a collective 7 hours to write this song. Being as simple as it is, it really shouldn’t have taken me 7 hours, but the reason of why it took me 7 hours was that I had never done this before. I never made a song. This was my baby, and I wanted it to be good. I kept changing it every time I thought someone wouldn’t like this sound or that beat until I finally stopped and asked myself… do I like how it sounds? Do I know that what I made here is something that makes me feel accomplished? And at that moment I knew, that I had to look to myself, and not what others wanted for the song, and what I wanted for it. And thus, Peering In was born.

Not So Different, You And I was sort of a nod to Peering In. Since it uses the exact same sounds as Peering In, and you could easily get confused as to which songs are which. But that’s exactly what I wanted this song to feel like. Where I could take something and turn it into something different, yet keep the same core of it. I wanted to keep the same beauty that Peering In had with violins, but also wanted to keep it upbeat. All at the same time giving the song more of a passionate feel to it.

I Can Take On The Whole Wide World was all about triumph for me. For a while i had been down on my luck with creating actual songs like so. And by actual songs, i mean sitting down and writing them note for note, rest by rest, and score. Then I went and made Peering In, & Not So Different, You And I and it gave me a full confidence boost. Becuase my friends liked in, and well, I loved it. I wanted something new and joyful, and pleasant to hear. And i felt the trumpet being the most accurate tone to capture the feeling of Triumph.