You, as a reader of this newsletter, helped create the album that I bring before you, like Moses in the movie History of the World Part II, who had fifteen commandments but he dropped a tablet and was left with ten.
The reason you created it, is because I released these songs to you in a drip format over the past few months.
Merely uploading them to Spotify would not be enough to motivate me, but having a newsletter audience to share them with made the difference.
So behold, reader of The Sunday Bagel and now the co-creator of albums, I bring before you The Revelation!
7 tracks of blissed-out music, aimed to lift your spirits or bring them back down to the Earth. Whatever you need, it is here in this auditory potion, brewed by the sorcerer Eldrick Von Fienbort.
If you had to ask me what The Revelation is, I could only answer that question on the day of the release.
The Revelation is that anything is possible if you ask yourself for it. Not some diety or outside force, but yourself. I asked for an album at some point and here it is. And the dirty secret is that it wasn’t even that hard to accomplish.
Please enjoy responsibly, and let me know how you find this listening experience.
I believe it goes best with a nice pair of headphones, a dimly lit room, and some chamomile tea infused with licorice root.
If you use your phone to play the music that’s fine, but stick it in a drawer after you hit play. Stick your phone in the drawer whenever you can.
Three Ideas from My Notebooks
Whatever you put your mind towards, it gets created, subconsciously or not. So be conscious about this and create the things that you need.
If something gives you tension, lean into it and go deeper towards it. Running away from the things that scare you only helps reinforce the person you were yesterday.
Process beats out any form of meditation or thinking on a subject. I can think about practicing my guitar all day and nothing will change, whereas just ten minutes in the chair with the instrument in my lap is enough to release the dopamine drip of accomplishment.
All of the ideas going back to May 2023 are now located in The Ideas Index:
Free Workshop This Week: Creative Mornings Field Trip
I am excited to be hosting my first Creative Mornings Field Trip on the topic of Designing Immersive Soundscapes for Beginners on Wednesday, January 24th at 12pm EST.
This is great if you are interested in sound, coming at it from any discipline such as meditation or visual art.
Thank you for reading and I wish you a great week ahead.
Elliott
I’m looking forward to giving this a listen - congrats on the release, Elliott!
Well what kind of God gives a being with only two hands three stone tablets?