Single Review: Sound of a Million Dreams – David Nail

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: Sound of a Million Dreams – David Nail

Songwriters:   Scooter Carusoe and Phil Vassar

“So I labor for hours ’cause I know the power  / of a song, when a song hits you right” –   That, right there folks, is why we here at Urban Country News hold great songwriting in such high regard. The opening lines to the chorus of David Nail’s new single, ‘Sound of a Million Dreams,’ off his sophomore album by the same name, speaks to where it all begins …. with a song.

Poignant, nostalgic, time transferring, memory evoking … these words only begin to describe what you feel and where you travel in your mind while listening to lyrics about the power of a song. Even if you don’t have memories of Bob Seger tunes or  Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run,’ you cannot help but begin to think about a song that left an indelible mark on your memory about a certain point in your life. Great music does this. Among other things, it has power to shift our minds from where we are in the moment, to somewhere in the past.

“Well, she’s not with me now, she can always be found  / When I rewind the radio dial
And like it was then I feel her on my skin  / And I’m back there for a while”

David’s soulful, believable vocals are the perfect match set against well thought-out lyrics by Scooter Carusoe and Phil Vassar. The first half of ‘Sound of a Million Dreams’ is wonderfully set to a lone piano (which immediately made me think of Phil Vassar, even before knowing he was one of the songwriters) and very subtly, more instruments are brought in as it moves towards the end. I am thrilled this song was not “over produced,” allowing David’s soothing vocals and the songwriters’ well-crafted lyrics to carry the listener through the journey of their memories.

Liv Carter

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Liv is a career coach for creatives, and the people who work with them.
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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