music: last night i dreamt that somebody loved me

i first wanted to do this song in 2003. i was doing some original songs under the name jack casper, in a folky style reminiscent of (and strongly inspired by) m. ward, and decided to cover a smiths song in that style. i wrote the trumpet line -- it was originally intended for either clarinet or oboe -- and came up with some basic instrumentation, but my recording attempts failed, and i gave up.

then yesterday something clicked, i was inspired, and i got to work again. only the trumpet line and the lyrics remained untouched from the 2003 version.

it's very different from the rest of my "dawn ardent" material, but i'll stubbornly insist that this was meant to be a dawn ardent song all along.



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