“atom 14“ by Sleeping At Last

Welcome to “atoms”: tiny pieces of music inspired by tiny and beautiful things! When I see something beautiful, I’ll film it, then write a short piece of new music for that moment. Tiny film scores, if you will. Basically, I want to musically follow Mary Oliver’s beautiful “instructions for living a life: pay attention. be astonished. tell about it.” Each “atom” song and video will be roughly 1 minute in length and will be released spontaneously. First as posts on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc. Shortly after, each “atom” will be widely available on Spotify, Apple Music, etc. In the same way that seeing something beautiful in the middle of my day feels kind of like an oasis, a tiny chance to catch my breath, the hope for “atoms” is to offer up that same meditative feeling in your Insta timeline or TikTok feed, or in the middle of your next doom scroll. Because a collection of real atoms is called a molecule, as 15 atoms are released, they’ll be gathered and released as a set called a “Molecule”! (“Molecule 1” is coming soon!) Eventually, as heaps of atoms are out in the world, I’ll do what i’m calling “Molecule Sessions”, in which I’ll choose a few atoms (perhaps with your help?!) and expand on them, transforming them into something new. I’m very excited about what these tiny pieces of music may become! “atom 14” is set to close-up footage of colorful decorations for my daughter’s birthday. Listen to all of my “atoms“ here! Love, Ryan - Sleeping At Last