Ed Roman – I Have a Dream (2022)
In the rush of modern life, it is easy to overlook the little things that give us a tingle of pleasure and really make life worthwhile. Fortunately, Ed Roman is here to remind us about all these little gifts of life through his single ‘I Have a Dream’. Using the soft lens of a daydream, the joyful single delves into all the things that make us happy and that we want to see happen.
While infusing a love of life into our veins, there is a call to look past the dreams of what could be and enjoy what is all around us. An award-winning artist, Roman’s music has made its way to radio airwaves across the world, including regular rotations in North America. While known as a performer, there is much more to him than meets the eye and this has all been woven into the sonic tales he has to tell.
‘I Have a Dream’ has a light and bright opening with just a strummed guitar and Roman’s vocals. As the melody heads into the first verse, there is a dreamy organ that creates soft clouds for you to relax into. It is a wonderfully soft melody that fills you with the floating sensation of drifting off into a daydream. As the single progresses, new melodic lines enter, mimicking the building of a list of good things around you that make life easier. Each new line adds to the colourful clouds of the dreamscape while relaxing your muscles. There is a warm lethargy that creeps into your muscles through the melody that lets you sink back into the soar of the guitar and smile at everything good in life. The sheer joy of these little things tinges the melody with happy vibes.
With the acoustic guitar, Roman’s vocals draw you into his daydream by opening the door to his thoughts. His performance has an earthy comfort to it that rides the dreamy waves of the melody perfectly. He easily takes your hand and soars up into the clouds of dreams of all the good things in life. There is a feeling of things that could be woven into sheer happiness. While there is an almost wistful edge to his performance, this is tempered with the knowledge that these things are possible. In the latter moments of the track, there is a touch of realism that invades the softness, but this only brings the understanding that while you might not have what you dream of, there is a lot that makes life great.
With a dreamy soundscape, Ed Roman fills us with a joyful dream, before turning our attention to everything in the world that makes it good in ‘I Have a Dream’. The melody has you relaxing on soft clouds as new layers of good vibes enter with each instrument. Roman’s vocals bring an earthiness that enhances the softness of the melody, while sinking into dreams and good vibes.
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