The album cover for Somewhere in Dreamworld by Midnight Notion. It's a mostly black image with a large, glowing white moon in the center. The moon is rising over a flat, grassy horizon as the black silhouette of a man watches. Above the moon are two menacing white eyes, and beside it are two hands reaching for it.

Only A Dream

Album Notes

Instrumental written by Bryce Kalal
Orchestral arrangement by John Hilsen (www.johnhilsen.com)

Trivia

The main piano arpeggio throughout the song is considered “The Midnight Notion Chord,” and also appears as the last few notes of “March to MIdnight.”

The working title for this track was “Eerie Chord.”

“Eerie Chord” had a sequel! “Eerie 2” (aka “Techno Rock Eerie”) was created in Tabledit, Byce’s primary source of music creation before his home studio. Listen in the Extras section below.

This piece was inspired by Metallica, who open every concert with a recording of “Ecstasy of Gold” by Ennio Morricone, from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The symphonic build-up into a hard rock first song has always been a mood Bryce has wanted to capture, so he wrote his own.

“Only A Dream” was once a two-part song, meant to bookend the record: “Only a Dream (Intro)” was the orchestral piece, plus a hard rock instrumental in 10/4; and “Only a Dream (Outro)” was a hard rock instrumental reprise, concluding with a dueling solo build up, and sound effects to illustrate the dreamer waking up in the middle of a storm before their alarm goes off. The “intro” portion eventually morphed into “The Lone Wolf.”

Extras

“Eerie Chord” – A MIDI instrumental that eventually became “Only a Dream”
“Eerie 2/Techno Rock Eerie” – A MIDI instrumental sequel to “Eerie Chord”

Other Songs

  1. Only A Dream
  2. The Lone Wolf
  3. Heartache Collector
  4. Reverie
  5. Last Breath
  6. Hey, Babe
  7. Reminiscent
  8. Sidewalk
  9. We’ve Come So Far
  10. Lovin’ Side of Me
  11. Somewhere in Dreamworld

Releases & Lyrics

A mostly black image with a large, glowing white moon in the center. The moon is rising over a flat, grassy horizon as the black silhouette of a man watches. Above the moon are two menacing white eyes, and beside it are two hands reaching for it. In white text in the top left corner, it reads "Midnight Notion," and white text in the bottom right reads: "Somewhere in Dreamworld."
Somewhere in Dreamworld (2019)
A black and white digital image where the bottom half is all black and the top half is white with a mixture of gray clouds. There are 6 robot-shaped silhouettes marching from left to right, walking on the black bottom half. In the background, there is a looming roman-numerals clock. Large white text reads "March to Midnight," and smaller white text reads: "Midnight Notion."
March to Midnight (2013)
A brown photo album with golden highlights. There is a golden roman-numerals clock in the center, and bold yellow text in the middle of the clock reads "Midnight Notion." Flowy yellow text at the bottom reads: "The Archives: 1-10"
The Archives 1–10 (2008)