Butterfly is a soothing song is about how my relationship with my wife Mary has transformed me.
After the honeymoon brain chemicals wear off, we have a choice to explore love. To be creative with learning about love.
Luckily for me, Mary’s on the same page.
Sometimes we don’t agree. And sometimes these can trigger sensitive issues from the past. We need to be careful with these situations. I look at these disagreements as opportunities to release suppressed energy from the past.
The trick is to stay alert while you feel these intense feelings. It’s usually a feeling of wanting to control (or be out of control). But because you love the other person and you want to grow, you do your best to let go. Breathe. Listen.
And when it’s appropriate to get some time on your own, you can use specific spiritual tools or methods to get in touch with your core essence of Love. Things will usually shift right away.
Of course, a little arguing is like rain. It’s healthy. It can clear the air. But too much causes a lot of serious damage!
Butterfly: A Soothing Song
The other fantastic thing I’ve discovered is that the more I transform negativity within myself, the more Mary is willing to listen to what I want.
So I’m also practicing and learning to actually listen to her. Understand her. Without needing to be “right.”
This creates space for Love and Creativity to enter. To heal. I am able to love unconditionally at a much higher level now than I ever could in the past.
If my heart does close out of fear, I’m able to open it up again relatively quickly. Thanks to my muse and honey, Mary! 🙂
It’s a really incredible journey we are taking together!
So that’s what the song is about. I like to say Butterfly is a soothing song.
How “Butterfly” Came To Be Produced
As usual, I wrote the song and proceeded to record it. I played and sang all the parts in my home studio.
I then mixed the song to the best of my ability. I’m getting pretty decent at mixing, but I wouldn’t call myself a world class mixing engineer. But I’m pretty good.
My friend and mentor Gary Gray has helped me a great deal with my mixing skills by giving me feedback on my work.
I then apply his suggestions until the mix is ready.
Now The Story Gets Interesting!
I had actually forgotten about the song for a couple of years. I write a fair amount of songs, so I’d already moved on.
Butterfly sat on the shelf.
One day, Mary was filming in her office looking for fairies. She’s really into the whole realm of Nature Spirits.
They show up as orbs and dancing lights. Dusk is the easiest time to see them. If they show themselves.
I wasn’t sure about them before, but I’m a believer now. I’ve felt their presence and seen them too many times now.
The film Mary took that evening was the first time I’d seen them.
And she was playing my unmastered version of Butterfly while she filmed!
I was listening and thinking to myself “wow! It’s a better song than I remembered. Hmm…”
Enter Magic…
Around the time of this fairy filming experience, I was notified that I was a finalist in an international song competition I’d entered.
I’d won a prize of $2500.00 worth of mixing and mastering. Help from the fairies? Perhaps it was. I can definitely use all the help I can get! 🙂
The studio I used was Gary’s. He’s worked with a lot of very talented people down in Los Angeles, so I feel very grateful to have his input on my song.
That’s how I got Butterfly mastered. That’s the version you hear now.
Gary’s partner, Kristen LaRoche is a rock solid and very talented drummer. She played live drums in Gary’s studio to replace my drum programming.
What Is Mastering?
Mastering is bringing the sound to a certain standard. The song could be played beside anything you hear on the radio.
This requires a great deal of technical expertise which I don’t possess!
It basically has to do with the loudness, punch and shine of the music.
There are people who will do it for you on the internet for a cheap price — but the results are not at all impressive.
Major artists will typically be very selective about their mastering engineer. I’ve read that Canadian artists Rush will personally go to New York to a mastering engineer there.
Mastering is the final stage of production. But it’s no less important than the original songwriting, performances in the studio and mixing.
Here’s The Video Where You Can See Fairies And Orbs
Important Note: The music gets really distorted for some reason at a couple of places. But I thought the video is still interesting and decided it was worth posting. This is the unmastered version of Butterfly with my “drumming” (played on keyboard).
The 2nd song is my song “Whispers In The Wind.” I recorded that several years ago when I was first learning to record my own projects at home. I will quite possibly re do this song again in the future. I think it has good potential.
Butterfly Lyrics copyright Davidson Yeager
Butterfly before I found you I was on the run
Butterfly I knew a change had to come
Butterfly I left the past behind and I reached for the Golden Sun
Butterfly somthin’ in me had to die for you to come my way
And I went down so many dead end roads lookin’ for you
Now that I found you I don’t want to go oh no
Butterfly you dry the tears from my eyes
Butterfly no clouds in my sky
Butterfly you bring the world on a string
Butterfly let’s dance and sing!
Butterfly now that you’re with me my heart it sings so free
Butterfly you’ve opened up my eyes I see through this world’s thin disguise
Butterfly on the day I die you and I will continue to fly
‘Cos my Butterfly Destiny. Dance partners under the sun.
ooh I went down so many dead end roads lookin’ for you
Now that I found you I don’t want to go oh no
Butterfly you dry the tears from my eyes
Butterfly no clouds in my sky
Butterfly you bring the world on a string
Butterfly let’s dance and sing!
Now that I’ve found out where I’d hidden my pot of gold
It wasn’t at the end of the rainbow
It was with me all of the time, Butterfly
Butterfly you dry the tears from my eyes
Butterfly no clouds in my sky
Butterfly you bring the world on a string
Butterfly let’s dance and sing!
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