Alejandro Flores-Chevere

April 2021

Any hard time feels better with the right song. For many of us out there online classes bring a lot of stress and anxiety and it’s important to keep working through it. This piece, inspired by sea shanties, is focused on the themes of productivity and anxiety that arise from this situation. Sea shanties were songs that were originally sung to keep pace working through stressful and monotonous conditions as well as to keep up morale. This song attempts to achieve the same goals as those songs. With simple instrumentation and a catchy tune, this song was written to be picked up quickly and sung easily with a group. But most importantly it was written with honesty and determination in mind, this song is not a distraction from stress but an acknowledgement of it. Each of the verses was picked from places I've found myself this year that I hope others can relate to. So without further ado, please enjoy “A Song of the C’s”.