The woods are still dark, but as you begin your trek, they come to life. The stars linger overhead, twinkling with their distant light, even as the sun peers over the eastern horizon before you.

The sunrise spills its majestic light across the miles ahead, painting mountains in shades of gold and red. For a moment, you pause to take in the beauty of creation, before setting off once again.

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My mind goes back to the days when I would go on camping trips, setting up a tent in the Appalachians. Friends would gather around a campfire to tell stories and sing songs. So many great life memories were made there, in the pines, beneath the stars.

This song is a tribute to those days.

This song came about after playing around with this cool online midi tool called Chord Player, that allows you to generate midi and arpeggios. I came up with the core structure of the song in an hour or two, and then spent the next week or so adding extra little ear candy.

I love how this song builds from the simple bells, to the rhythmic pulse of the middle section, adding in flutes, strings, and the trumpet solo at the end. It most of all reminds me of the years I played trombone in high school orchestra.