Hey, it's been a while. I hope that wherever you're pressing play you are so well. My name is

Ryan. I make music under the name is Sleeping At Last, and this is indeed the Sleeping

at Last Podcast.

Today I am so excited to share a new song of mine that belongs to my astronomy series of music

and if you are unfamiliar with what astronomy is, it's my ongoing series of songs inspired by astronomical

events.

And so when something really cool happens in the space, I try to write a mini soundtrack of sorts

for that observable event or discovery and in this case I wrote a

song for the viewing of the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse that will span across North America.

The song is called April 8, 2024, the Great North American

Eclipse. And I've been particularly excited to write this piece of music for this eclipse because

my entire astronomy series began with a song for an eclipse, the 2017 total solar eclipse in America.

So before actually witnessing an eclipse myself, I had to write that first song.

And so I spent a lot of time reading and watching as much as I possibly could about other people's eclipse experiences

and to try to imagine what it might feel like or sound like to observe an eclipse.

And so after I wrote what I hoped would be a suitable song for that 2017 eclipse. I ended up taking a road trip

with some dear friends of mine and we got to witness the eclipse in full totality and I'll be honest I imagine it being a really beautiful thing to witness and I had

read about all these very enthusiastic eclipse experiences from other people but I honestly had no idea how magical it would be. The

2017 Solar Eclipse remains in my top five ever most spiritual moments of my life and I can't really explain it. There's just

something really surreal to see nature shift in the way that it does during an

eclipse. The the bugs and animals differently. In the middle of the afternoon

instantly becomes twilight and I just can't fully put my finger on it, but it felt like sort of the

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