I'm Friday's Child (Instrumental) Track

Fellow music lovers, warmest thanks for your plays of my FMA tracks this past decade to the tune now of one million+ listens. It's been a minute since I composed a new piece—over six years as a matter of fact. Intervening was a call to political activism followed by a relocation to a new continent during a global pandemic. Since I had sold every bit of electronic equipment before the move to Finland, and soon after entered my 8th decade, I was resigned to embark on no further recording or production work. Then in September 2024, I was struck with an idea to create a new novelty piece culled from a collection of my silly aphorisms and taglines. I had barely begun penning a stanza or two when I received a midnight visitation from The Muse, who generously gifted me with a memorable melody to match my title sentence. It was a solemn minor key, however, so I shifted lyrics away from my trademark wordplay toward a more somber composition. It soon evolved into a latin rhythm but still sounded so melancholy, I decided I should make a point of ending my sad lyrics on an upbeat note. I had no wish to bring down anyone's spirits—including my own!—one solitary scintilla beyond wherever they landed at year's end. Plus after the election results for US, I was especially glad for that hopeful, major chord ending on I'm Friday's Child (IFC).



Track #3 is my own purely instrumental version of IFC with synth parts as described for track #1. Listeners ing me for permission to use my music are often interested in instrumental pieces for their film and video scores, so I had always planned to produce an instrumental version after finding the local music studio I could access for free.



Last but never least, multiple thanks to JT Lindroos for his great partnership in using the library's Mac software—I had only recorded vocals and synth parts in the past with a PC using Reaper software—and, as always, for his cover art contribution. How appropriate then to release IFC to the world on January 4, 2025, which marks our silver 25th wedding anniversary! 😊

😽 XXXOOO 🤗



Kat (a Friday's Child)