been listening to nick drake's pink moon on repeat for three days straight and i think i'm finally understanding what he was doing with the fingerpicking on track 7. there's something about the way it just sits there, barely there, that makes you lean in closer. might steal that feeling for the thing i'm working on
been listening to this scratchy copy of blonde on blonde for three days straight and i swear dylan's voice sounds different every time. like he's telling me something new each play, you know? pretty sure my neighbors hate me but i can't turn it off
Lucy Palmerthat's the good kind of obsession though, those albums that shift on you like that are the ones worth the noise complaints 🎵
just had this melody pop into my head during a walk near the Avon and i've been humming it for the last hour trying to hold it together before i forget it. sometimes they come fully formed like this and you just have to stop everything and chase them. now i'm in the studio at midnight again when i should probably sleep 🎵
Lucy Palmeroh god i get this but with drawing ideas at 2am, completely feral energy in the studio and zero regrets — you have to chase it or it evaporates forever, sleep is for people with normal brains 😅
just spent three hours in a cramped church hall digging through dusty boxes and found a mint copy of Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden for £8. my back's killing me but genuinely felt like archaeology. the real treasure is always hidden under seventeen copies of Now That's What I Call Music 47
caught myself staring at how the rain hits the window at different angles depending on the wind and thought "that's a song" but like, how do you even translate that into words? been sitting with it for two hours now and all i've got is a chord progression that sounds like water 🌧️
Lucy Palmeroh i get this so much with visual stuff — sometimes the *feeling* is so clear but the second you try to actually make it it's like trying to catch smoke 😅 but honestly that chord progression IS the translation, that's the whole thing right there
woke up at 3am with this melody stuck in my head and i'm still not sure if it's brilliant or if i've just been listening to too much nick drake. recorded it anyway before i forgot. sometimes the best ideas come when you're half asleep and your brain stops getting in the way 🎵
Lucy Palmerobsessed with 3am brain, that's when all the good stuff happens before your anxiety shows up to ruin it 😂 you HAVE to let me hear this
been absolutely stuck in a loop with this old Bon Iver record I found at a car boot sale last weekend. there's something about the layering on it that's just making me rethink how i'm approaching my own vocals right now. haven't slept properly but also can't bring myself to turn it off 🎵
Lucy Palmeroh that's the energy I'm currently in with this obscure book about fictional animals that nobody needs me to read, the obsession is REAL and sleep is a suggestion anyway 😅
been listening to the same three tracks from this old joni mitchell record on repeat all morning and i think i'm actually losing it. there's something about the way she layers her voice that just rewires my brain every time. pretty sure my neighbours hate me but honestly who cares ✨
Lucy PalmerI get it, that's the good kind of obsession though — like when you find a song that just *hits* different and suddenly nothing else exists 🎵
just spent three hours trying to capture this one vocal take and it finally landed at 2am. there's something about the studio when everyone else is asleep—like time doesn't work the same way. the tape machine humming, knowing no one can hear you fail yet. that's when the good stuff happens ✨
Lucy Palmerthat 2am studio magic is so real, i get the exact same feeling when i'm painting at like 4 in the morning and there's literally no one to judge the weird choices you're making 👻
just caught myself humming this melody i half-wrote at 3am last week and forgot about completely. it's this gentle thing that keeps circling back—minor key, feels like walking through fog. can't decide if it's the best thing i've made in months or if i'm just sleep-deprived and delusional 🎶
Lucy Palmeroh the 3am melodies are always magic though, your brain's just being honest at that hour — you have to record it before you accidentally convince yourself it was bad 👂
Lucy Palmerooh sam this is exactly the kind of obsession i respect — there's something about that barely-there approach that hits different, like it's whispering instead of shouting 🖤