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This track was created on October 1, 2020 and "finished" on December 30, 2020, the last track to be finished in 2020. According to a note I wrote in the track's notes, it's "about being isolated in my head in an already isolated city made more so due to [COVID-19]" and was originally titled "Afloat". Other titles and themes I had in mind for this track included "Exotic", "Birds", "Black Swan" (before I released a track with that title), "Fragility", "Isolation", "Island Within an Island" (again before I released a track with that title), "Perth", "Edge of the World", "Australia", "Own World", "Escapism", and "Shallow But Deep".

Originally, a similar-sounding track to this one called "Reflect" was going to be Gone Fishing, but it didn't sound complete enough and I didn't have enough energy to finish it, so I allocated the "Gone Fishing" concept to this track formerly called "Afloat". Fun fact: it's where I got the melody for my track Rottnest Island from by playing this track's melody backwards: mastodon.moule.world/@MOULE/112976988747861739

This track was originally double its length but had been shortened due to its repetition. It's another challenge to my inner perfectionist demanding "maximalist" music design with lots of track regions, automation, plug-ins etc.

Recently, as MOULE WORLD characters developed, I wanted to have a track with a cover artwork showing the loving bond between Robin and Robert and also Mersey teaching them how to fish, so I took this track "Afloat" and renamed it to "Gone Fishing", repurposing it to be about a fun fishing adventure rather than isolation. I also wanted to have Mersey in a cover artwork since Mersey hasn't been in any since Waterslide was released in July 2022.

This cover artwork was fairly easy to make, as I have some experience designing nature backgrounds like this and it was simple to re-use Robin (the fox)’s asset from Reality Collapse and make some tweaks so he’s sitting with a fishing rod, and also provides a good base for Robert (the rabbit) and Mersey (the penguin). I really enjoyed designing this as I felt its cover artwork is very wholesome! It was also me improving on reflecting objects in water, though I don’t think I improved on that aspect very much. Still, very enjoyable to make!

There's nothing much else to say about this track other than it's a wholesome upbeat track, so enjoy!

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