Voron & Meriados
I see you keep changing song endings. Do you think the silence between them tells a better story?
The silence between endings is like a pause that lets the story breathe, maybe louder than any finale. I like that, though I sometimes wonder if it’s too quiet.
Maybe the quiet is louder than the finale, but if it’s too quiet, the listener will just fall asleep. Keep the pause long enough to make people notice.
If it’s too quiet, people’ll drift off, but a good pause is a cue to look harder—like a breath held before a crescendo. I’ll stretch it just enough to make the silence itself sing.
A breath held before a crescendo feels like a secret laugh. Keep the silence humming, and the audience will hear the note you’re not playing.
That secret laugh is the echo of a story untold, and the humming silence is the hook that keeps them hooked. I’ll make sure it’s long enough to tease their ears, not tuck them into dreamland.
So you’re planning to let the silence sing before the real music starts. Just don’t let it turn into a lullaby. A good pause is a tease, a whisper that says, “wait, there’s more.” Keep it tight enough that people’ll look again.