Focus on staying in the present while thinking into the future with “3AM” by Father of the Vibe ft. Taye McQueen

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Focus on staying in the present while thinking into the future with “3AM” by Father of the Vibe ft. Taye McQueen.

Daily Reggae caught up with Father of the Vibe frontman, David Fowler, the former songwriter and keyboardist for Echo Movement to learn about his jamming new music project.

The creativity and genre crossing pulse of this track is so rad!

DR: Tell us about the song’s inspiration! We are loving the riddim and guitar on the single and Taye’s vocals are gorgeous!

Fowler: I'm the former songwriter and keyboardist for Echo Movement. We disbanded a number of years ago, but what a ride. Most of us remain very close.

I live near the coast in Point Pleasant NJ with my wife and our three young kids. Last winter, I set up a studio away from the house. It's a late-shift operation: tracking and production begins each night after they go to bed and ends when I fall asleep. I work in construction during the day. My kids are the Vibe these days, hence the name.This song was written in a glider. My middle child (2 at the time) was going through a tough sleep regression, for weeks waking up every night at 3am. I'd rock her for hours. You can't use your phone in that situation so you're just thrown to your thoughts in the pitch dark with a blasting sound machine...basically a sensory-deprivation chamber. In that scene, this song emerged. I'd memorize the different parts and write them down the following day.

I pulled in Colin and Dan from Echo Movement (drum and guitar respectively), and the lead singer Taye McQueen, who is regional royalty in the NJ/NY performing arts circuit. I can rave about any of them for days. Colin is a true lifelong collaborator, we work closely on a lot of different projects.

DR: What does the song mean to you?

The concept of this song is to stay more present by thinking into the future. In real life, many parents get woken night after night, sit in a chair, anguished, frustrated, guessing their methods and judging their abilities. To be honest, it can be maddening. But you're mad while holding your child, the Reason. How do you overcome that feeling and realize this is the closest you two will ever be? For me, it was visualizing life in 20 years: maybe she's graduating, maybe she's about to go out with friends while I stay home, or away traveling. Whatever the scene, I run the thought of how I'd do anything to be back in the glider, just the two of us, safe and sound. And when I open my eyes, there we are.

So beautiful! We cannot wait to follow along with Father of the Vibe and their new music on the horizon!

By CB.