{"id":262,"date":"2023-03-26T18:07:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T22:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2024-05-08T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T19:53:52","slug":"me-lagavulin-and-a-slide-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/26\/me-lagavulin-and-a-slide-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Me, Lagavulin, and a Slide Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><em>Me, Lagavulin, and a Slide Deck<\/em><\/em> is now available on all streaming services. Listen using the links below, or head down to the bottom of this post to read the <a href=\"#lyrics\" title=\"lyrics\">lyrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"b-music-track-social\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5JyNhkcvOIdBnv4QATbXOQ?si=fxQDtWsIT6G02v_ROoQbLw\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-spotify.svg\" alt=\"Spotify\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    Spotify\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/ca\/album\/me-lagavulin-and-a-slide-deck\/1677239099?i=1677239100\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-applemusic.svg\" alt=\"Apple Music\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    Apple Music\n  <\/a>  \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4v8zi5ze07w?si=2hE9CR_rAhdVkkVD\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-youtube.svg\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    YouTube\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.co.uk\/tracks\/B0BYGDGQPB?marketplaceId=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&#038;musicTer\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-amazon.svg\" alt=\"Amazon Music\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    Amazon Music\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/brianorr\/me-lagavulin-and-a-slide-deck?utm_source=clipboard&#038;utm_medium=text&#038;utm_campaign=social_sharing\" class=\"b-rounded-textbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/icons\/icon-soundcloud.svg\" alt=\"SoundCloud\" class=\"b-icon\">\n    SoundCloud\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s this song all about anyway? Is it a true story? Is it autobiographical? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I&#8217;ve experienced imposter syndrome before (and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/30\/ben-folds-songwriters-retreat\/\" title=\"Ben Folds Songwriter\u2019s Retreat\">written about it<\/a>), this song isn&#8217;t about me personally. This song takes inspiration from all the people I&#8217;ve met through my life and my career that are exceptionally high performers, yet have confessed to having strong feelings of imposter syndrome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imposter syndrome surfaces in the most unexpected ways, since in the majority of cases, the people experiencing it are often the best at what they do. These are <em>my<\/em> people \u2013&nbsp;people that work hard, do their best, and don&#8217;t have an ego about what they&#8217;re doing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all you imposters, this song is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to leave me a <a data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#comments\" href=\"#comments\">comment<\/a> about the song, and don&#8217;t forget to follow me on your music platform of choice to get notified when I release other new music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks, and enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh and yes, I do like Lagavulin. One of my favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Written, performed and produced by Brian Orr, \u00a9 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Me, Lagavulin, and a Slide Deck\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4v8zi5ze07w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lyrics\">Lyrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Late night, blue light\nPlanning for tomorrow\u2019s stage fright\nScreen buzz, mind fuzz\nMoving further from the line of sight\n\nIt\u2019s me, Lagavulin, and a slide deck\nBeen 21 hours since I last slept\nAnd when the sun comes up, they\u2019ll learn my secret\n\nClosed eyes, night skies\nClock ticks faster close to sunrise \nBabe cries, sleep dies\nSeeing red through these bloodshot eyes\n\nIt\u2019s me, Lagavulin, and a slide deck\nBeen 26 hours since I last slept\nAnd now the sun\u2019s come up, they\u2019ll learn my secret\n\nMy palms draw sweat, my belly aches\nI don\u2019t remember all the takes\nThe room fills up, and my soul shakes\nThose piercing eyes will eat mistakes\n\nMy legs go numb and my voice breaks\nI know the fall of all the fakes\nI can\u2019t go out like this\nFor heaven\u2019s sakes\u2026\n\n\u201cIt needs a little bit of this and that\nAdd another chart and clean up those graphs\nAnd don\u2019t forget that report of your staff\nLet\u2019s meet back here in a week and a half.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s me, Lagavulin, forgetting a slide deck\n38 hours since I last slept\nAnd when the sun comes up, I\u2019ll feed my secret \n\nWords and music by Brian Orr, \u00a9 2023\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New song by Brian Orr: \u201cMe, Lagavulin, and a Slide Deck\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,19],"tags":[16,21,17],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-songs","tag-music","tag-songs","tag-songwriting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cover-art-%E2%80%93-final-web-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2jXdF-4e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":234,"url":"https:\/\/www.brianorr.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/03\/why-i-wrote-an-album-of-original-childrens-music-and-why-it-took-so-long\/","url_meta":{"origin":262,"position":0},"title":"Short Stories (Album)","author":"Brian","date":"May 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When my children were very little, I\u2019d make up songs to sing to them \u2014 songs about every day life as a toddler. 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