Open Mic Week 41: Awake (ORIGINAL MUSIC)

This song is another polymetric piece, but more simple and focused on melody and harmony. The polymeter here is 2/4 in the bass line, and 3/8 in the ostinato. I wanted to try these rhythmic concepts in a folkier, more sustained style with something more identifiable as a "chord progression." Lyrically, it's about the existential dread evoked by a nightmare, and the empty, depressed state experienced upon waking:

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