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.

Reminiscent

Album Notes

Instrumental Written & Performed by Bryce Kalal

© 2019 CD Baby Alpha Music (ASCAP)
©℗ 2019 Midnight Notion. All rights reserved.

Trivia

The coda/outro section of “Reminiscent” shares the same musical motif as the bridge and outro sections in the following track, “Sidewalk.” The two songs are meant to be paired together, with “Reminiscent” playing the part of an extended intro. They were not written at the same time, however. The main motif of “Reminiscent” shares the same key signature as “Sidewalk” by complete accident (D minor, “the saddest of all keys”).

“Reminiscent” not only replaces the original piano opening to “Sidewalk,” but also replaces “Somewhere in Dreamworld” in the tack order. The album was always meant to have a dip in energy with a somber piano piece in the middle. When the title track became the closing song, “Reminiscent” took its place.

This is the second album in a row where a piano instrumental was written by accident while attempting to write parts for a different song on the same record (see: “A Far Fall Away From All” from March to Midnight). However, “Reminiscent” was written first.

The working title (circa 2008) was “Yesterday (Instrumental).” It was a reference to the old “Sidewalk” chorus lyrics: “Only yesterday fine, but now where’s my mind?” When the lyrics were updated (and after several snarky comments about a famous Beatles song), the title was changed to “Reminiscent.”

Bryce is self-taught on the piano. He has a long history of playing simple chords with his left hand while playing one-finger lead lines with his right hand. “Reminiscent” exists because of a personal challenge to write more complicated pieces. It features hand-crossing, time signature changes, and tempo variations, making it the most complicated piano piece he has written so far.

Extras

“Yesterday (Instrumental)” – May 12, 2009

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)