Go That Far
Jeff Daily
English - January 03, 2022 03:38 - 5 minutesBusiness Technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This pandemic has been hard for everyone. For me, the struggle has been psychological.
At the beginning of the pandemic, I had a breakdown that has been hard to recover from, despite my best efforts. Over the last six years, life as a full-time podcaster and entrepreneur has taken a toll on me. I’m not sure what exactly triggered my breakdown, but there were many likely causes. Stress, broken relationships, a constant struggle to try to make my software startups work.
I broke down, and I need to put myself back together. Creativity has helped me in the past, and I’m making an effort to turn this podcast into a regular creative outlet.
I want to share my music here, and discuss it. Most people who listen to my podcast Software Engineering Daily probably don’t know I’m a musician, but I have been working hard to become a successful producer since college.
In each episode, I’m going to share a piece of music I wrote and discuss it. Today’s song is called “Go That Far”.
This song follows a typical pop song structure of intro, verse, prechorus, chorus, intro, verse, prechorus, chorus, bridge, prechorus, chorus. It was written at the beginning of the pandemic, as I was sliding into a psychological hole.
The song is about a loss of emotion. During my six years of podcasting and software entrepreneurship, I set aside my emotions, focusing on growing the podcast and trying to find a software product that I could sell. In my efforts to find that business success, I spent so much time alone.
Listening to podcasts, going to the gym, and sitting by myself at my desk producing new episodes—it was a solitary existence even before the pandemic, and this song was a prelude to the abject isolation of the lockdowns.
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