Ep. 14: He Found Himself/Sailing
From the Songstage Studio, Andrew talks about the song “He Found Himself.” This song is Andrew's story in 3 1/2 minutes! It's about Andrew “waking up” one day and realizing he REALLY didn’t like the corporate rat race he was on! Coming out of a difficult divorce, he purchased an old broken-down cabin and fixed it up with his own 2 hands! Andrew’s cabin is akin to Henry Thoreau’s on Walden Pond. There is something truly “liberating” when one takes the time to remove themselves from society…to really find out what one wants from their Life!
“Sailing” is perhaps one of Andrew’s BEST songs! It seems that most people get wrapped up in the “destination” or goal and fail to enjoy the Journey! And thus postpone Happiness for a future date…which may never come… This song carries the listener into risk, wind, waves, and immensity of the sea…but also brings a deep awareness of “Life IS its own Reward—Life IS its own Answer! And that BOTH the Destination and Journey are needed and are perhaps of equal value. Andrew also discusses the AMAZING VIDEO, shot on Super-8 movies by his Skipper…Uncle Chuck, which shows true pioneers of Alaska in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s!
These two songs begin Andrew's album "Search for Significance": https://open.spotify.com/album/0yKEqidP2h4BDu8wcMVdLX?si=fqTZJ12AT6i960idNsvy1w
Chapter Markers
(00:00) Intro
(01:05) Music focus: Search for Significance; why “He Found Himself” and “Sailing”
(01:44) Exhaustion → retreat: the cabin, fixing it by hand; “hermitage” and isolation
(02:57) Nature as master teacher; renewal, life/death cycles; authentic video around the cabin
(04:13) Re-recording and orchestration: making it “a bit more epic”
(05:12) “He Found Himself” (performance)
(08:09) “Sailing”: imagery, risk, and the zen of the journey
(10:35) “Life is its own reward”: vessel-as-alive; reverence for things that carry us
(11:56) Destination vs. journey: vision matters, but joy belongs to the ride
(13:37) Super-8 family archives: Alaska work, boats, danger, pioneers; “let’s go sailing”
(15:24) “Sailing” (performance)
Song: Twisted World - andrew reed & the liberation
Album: As a Bird of the Air… (Trilogy I Album 1)
Song: He Found Himself - andrew reed & the liberation
Album: Search for Significance (Trilogy IV Album 1)
Song: Sailing - andrew reed & the liberation
Song: Sailing - andrew reed & the liberation
Album: Search for Significance (Trilogy IV Album 1)
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“I’m heading for shore that may not be there anymore, but I don’t mind. I’m sailing, so any shore is fine.”