Features : Wesley Adams Cook’s “Time To Time,” a Dreamy Pop Track Made for Haunting Inspiration

Wesley Adams Cook wants his new track to haunt you. But not in a scary way.

The Colorado-based singer-songwriter says that his dreamy new pop single, “Time To Time,” was inspired by the music of French classical composer Erik Satie.

“My favorite piece of classical music is Erik Satie’s ‘Gymnopédie No. 1.’ It brilliantly rides the line between haunting and beautiful.”

This duality is key to Cook’s “Time To Time.” It’s a song about road trips, but also about connecting with the celestial order. It’s a simple two-chord song – until it isn’t, veering off into complex modulating bridges, codas, and a climactic second half. It blends electronic instruments with acoustic guitars, and an atmospheric vibe that washes over you along with vivid, thought-provoking lyrics.

Pack the car with the bed and clothes
We’re taking trips down the country roads
…
You play the chorus, I’ll play the verse
And I’ll meet you where our lines converge

The layered sound of “Time To Time” was created with producer Ryan Conway at the latter’s Lakewood studio, just outside of Denver, CO. The artist and producer worked together in a process Cook describes as an intuitive dance. Cook brought the basic idea of the song (he typically writes his ideas on guitar first) and then they built it piece by piece. “Sometimes I have a final sound in mind,” he says. “But with ‘Time To Time,’ I decided to just follow where the music took us.”

The track is the first in a forthcoming series, created using what Cook calls the “Rick Rubin approach”: writing songs as inspiration strikes, rather than waiting to complete a full album.

In addition to Rubin, Cook cites the influence of Sting, whose storytelling and genre freedom especially resonate. Like these icons, Cook’s music is not confined to a single style. He has some 80+ original songs, each of which dictates its own sound.

“I want to bring in the music of Heaven,” Cook says. “No religious connotation, just connection and love.” His intention for “Time To Time” is for it “to be healing and beneficial to whoever needs to hear it.”

Good art sticks with you. Its aura can make you think about it long after the initial encounter. In a similar way, Wesley Adams Cook’s “Time To Time” is intended to haunt you like a beautiful dream, one to which you long to return to again and again.

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