There’s a natural relatability in looking for something you can’t always see clearly. Dave Hill Jr.’s new single, “Chasing Stars,” captures that mood with a tune that takes the simple process of searching for a melody and elevates it to something far more introspective.
“Chasing Stars,” the title track for a full album Dave Hill Jr. is putting together later this year, started as an exercise in a songwriting class, but its completed idea goes beyond the classroom. It is the everyday reality of a songwriter always in quest of the next melody, the next idea, and perhaps the next spark of inspiration.
The song has an intelligent contrast at its center. Sometimes we can't see what we're seeking even when it's right in front of us. There are other times when everything seems to open up at once, and there is a whole sky where there may have been uncertainty only. That thought gives “Chasing Stars” more weight than it might seem like it should be just a song about composing. It becomes a meditation on perception, inspiration, and the uncertain journey of discovering meaning.
The song, which also happens to be the title tune of Dave Hill Jr.’s forthcoming album, feels like an entrance to a bigger creative chapter. “Chasing Stars” expresses the thrill of the chase, while acknowledging that not all the answers come right away. Sometimes the trip toward the stars is the actual revelation.