Laura Platt's original composition "Dawn", from her album "Exhale".

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Another new track! I first started this track almost a decade ago, during the writing process for Breathe, but it didn't seem to make sense within that album, so it's been a wonderful experience moulding parts of Exhale around this track's inclusion. I strongly believe that the use of samples in music can have their own inherent value in a way that doesn't necessarily compete with or negate live performances and live instrumental recordings, and in this track the lead string line is one of my favourite examples of that in my own work. It's virtuosic, it's tender, and yet it's synthesized and programmed - with tracks like this, I have a lot of fun writing and performing sample patches with my keyboard. I feel the intricacies and eccentricities of the string sample I'm using mirror the natural imperfections of a physical violin in a way that I love, and I love the amount of control and intention I'm able to put when writing in conjunction within the limitations of the software I'm using. I'd invite any artist to view their tools like this - there's surreal, untampered beauty in the inherent contradictions of making art digitally, and we should celebrate that.

Credits:
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Composition, arrangement, orchestration, production, and piano performed by Laura Platt (@LauraPlattMusic)