Tag: The Tremor song release

I Released a New Song After a Long Time… The Tremor

Hello! I’m Jooyoung Kim, a mixing engineer and music producer.

I always introduce myself as a singer-songwriter, but honestly, I’ve been working as an engineer so much that I sometimes question whether calling myself a singer-songwriter is still accurate. 😅

That said, I finally released a new song after what feels like forever!

It took way longer than expected… haha. Doesn’t my outfit look a bit chilly? This was filmed in mid-October, and it was still slightly warm back then. But I got so busy in the meantime that everything kept getting delayed until it was freezing winter.

The song itself was actually written late last year. Yes… this too got pushed back, as you might have guessed.

I remember coming up with the idea after I left my job at Forest Record. I was feeling a bit deflated, like a balloon losing its air. Around that time, I applied to graduate school at Sangmyung University.

I spent an entire day playing a simple guitar chord progression and thought to myself, “Right, this is the sound that made me fall in love with music in the first place. Let’s cheer up and get back to it.” And that’s how this song was born.

Thankfully, my song was featured on the front page of the Latest Music section on Korea’s streaming platform, Bugs.

It was also showcased by 821 Sound, where I had it mastered.

I’ve always been a fan of Director Namwoo Kwon’s mastering work—it suits my taste perfectly every time.

These days, I sometimes feel like releasing my own music is just a form of self-satisfaction. Of course, it’s exactly this kind of satisfaction that motivates me to keep making songs.

As time goes on, I find myself letting go of my ego little by little and viewing things from a broader perspective.

This winter, I’m planning to write another book, wrap up my overseas research papers, and submit them for publication.

Let’s keep striving forward!

See you in the next post. 😊