Two Mile Moon - It’s Been Done Before
Ohio artist Two Mile Moon releases his first song of 2022 titled “It’s Been Done Before”. As only the second song by Two Mile Moon to already have close to 6000 streams (with in the first month) is huge strides. Especially in comparison with his previous release from 2021, “If God Runs Out of Inspiration”, currently sitting at 1500+ streams.
“It’s Been Done Before” was first previewed two months prior on 6/18 via a viral tik tok snippet. The original post currently sitting at 52 thousand views. It’s ironic for a song with a concept of originality’s decay, be the spark for strangers to finally see Two Mile Moon’s raw potential in his own sound.
The chorus describes a dissociated artist’s view of the cycle of art. Trends come and go and a creative mind can lose themselves chasing the highs of others peoples success. Pop music specifically recycling itself via samples, interpolations, covers and out right plagiarism in some cases.
Three bands are name dropped in the chorus. Remo Drive is mentioned first, followed by two pivotal musical influences: The Beatles and The Killers. The brief moment the names of the bands The Beatles and The Killers are sang, the audio mix replicates a similar sound of the bands themselves.
Watching another soul attain your passion and dreams with ease is bittersweet. Even if you wish good for them, jealousy can breed self doubt. If others can create twice the art in half the time what is one’s own art worth? This internal dialogue is the theme throughout “It’s Been Done Before”.
This doubt can establish a specific type of writers block. When the creative well dries up due to the intimidation of other peoples inspiring art. However the lyrics of Two Mile Moon’s song pivots positively with the idea to at least try. Encouraging you to create for yourself before others.
“But if I don’t create. I know will regrets that. Cause in the end. This will give me purpose. And I don’t care how much it’s worth is”
The moment you attempt to base your art’s value by comparing it to others, you devalue it’s potential. You provide value in your music by being inspired to bring it to life in the first place. Art is fragments in time of the human experience. Two Mile Moon delivers his own experience on the creative process in the clever indie pop song “It’s Been Done Before”.
