One of the best parts of putting together our Two Minute Tips video was finally getting to share the bespoke ditty that was custom composed for Social Nesting. The tune, called Elias’ Theme, was a labour of barter concocted by the lovely Rebecca Davies of Thickets. She was given carte blanche to create a tune imbued with the Social Nesting vibe, and she nailed it…

So where does the barter come in?
Rebecca and I crossed paths at my last job and at one point, she turned to me for a bit of technical help when she was working on a personal project. A couple of lunch hours later and we had achieved her goal. When she asked how she could thank me, it didn’t take me long to say “I want a piece of music…”

You see, she had previously brought in her autoharp – the instrument that provides the hauntingly sweet tune – and when I heard it, I was entranced. So she went away and came back with the musical backbone of our new web series.
It gives us no end of pleasure to have a tune of our own, and to have earned it by helping someone makes us even more tickled by it.

Here is the entire tune for your enjoyment:

…or catch it as part of the Two Minute Tips series.

Rebecca’s band, Thickets, kick out some equally haunting modern folksy tunes. This is one of my faves: