North Star — MCA One-Sheet

Pre-ProPre-Production SheetDemo Approved / Direction Locked

Sheet header

Key

E Major (DADGAD tuning)

BPM

Artist

Kris Bradley

Co-written with

Stone Aielli

Status

Demo Approved / Direction Locked

Act 2, Track 11 — Dedicated to her husband

Core Concept

"I roam, but I return. I wonder, but ain't lost."

A love letter to Kris's husband — the steady, grounding force in a life that never stops moving. He can't always join her on the road, the dreams, the adventures. But he is always there when she comes home, arms open, no questions asked. He is the soft place to land. This song is the acknowledgment of what that kind of love actually means to someone wired for restlessness — it doesn't cage you, it anchors you just enough to keep finding your way back.

Emotional Arc

Opens with the self-portrait of a driven drifter — can't hang her hat up, can't stand still. The pre-chorus is where he enters: came in strong and steady when she was ready for some roots. The chorus is the declaration — he's the constant she navigates by. Verse 2 shows the cost of the dream honestly: I hate the space this creates between us. But the bridge lands the earned truth: she finally learned how to trust. That's the journey.

Thematic Language

Driven drifter, detour dreamer

Made for messy — then heaven sent you

The light that guides me home

I hate the space this dream creates between us

I roam but I return — I wonder but ain't lost

Finally learned how to trust

Sonic Palette

Overall Vibe

Acoustic, intimate, warm. The DADGAD tuning drives the whole thing and gives it a natural open-chord shimmer that should stay front and center.

Guitar

DADGAD tuning — the foundation and the identity of this song. Let it breathe and lead. Everything else is color.

Demo Status

Demo is beautifully captured. Just needs some color to fill it in without losing the acoustic simplicity of what's already there.

Guitar Arc

The demo naturally builds from fingerpicked in verse 1 to more of a rhythm strum in verse 2. This transition is beautiful and should be preserved in the final recording. It's a natural dynamic swell that mirrors the emotional build of the lyric.

Background Vocals

Love having a male background vocal on this — adds warmth and depth, reinforces the love song dynamic. Should feel supportive and intimate, not prominent.

Fill / Color

Open to co-producer and player input on what color to add. Should feel like it grew naturally from the DADGAD guitar, not like it was layered on top. Suggestions welcome in session.

Instrumentation

Acoustic Guitar (DADGAD tuning)

Strings (opt.)

Steel (opt.)

Dobro (opt.)

Light Shaker (opt.)

Demo Prompt

Acoustic folk-pop ballad with fingerpicked acoustic guitar. Guitar maintains a steady eighth-note arpeggio pattern throughout. Vocal performance intimate with a slight breathy quality, occasionally shifting into light falsetto during melodic peaks. Subtle, warm bass guitar enters in the second half, providing melodic counterpoint with slides and sustained notes. Arrangement is sparse, focusing on the interplay between rhythmic guitar picking and vocal melody. 74 BPM, 4/4 time signature, Key of G Major.

References

Billie Eilish

Led Zeppelin

Kacey Musgraves

Easter Eggs

Gift of Goodbye — "She'll wish on a north star to get out of this bar"

In Gift of Goodbye, the character wishing on a north star to escape the bar is an earlier version of Kris — before she found this love. North Star is the answer to that wish. The same image, two completely different moments in the story.

Chasing Comets — "Those that wander ain't always lost"

Echoes North Star's bridge: "I roam but I return, I wonder but ain't lost." Chasing Comets is early ambition. North Star is earned wisdom.

Chorus — "Anchor my heart" → Walking Contradiction — "My heart is like an anchor"

In Walking Contradiction the anchor is a burden — something that tethers and holds her back from the freedom she craves. In North Star the anchor is a gift — the thing that keeps her from getting lost. Same image, completely opposite emotional meaning. The journey from one to the other is the whole album.

Music Video / Visualizer

Concept TBD

Open Questions

Music video or visualizer direction TBD

Act 2, Track 11 — Dedicated to her husband

MarketingMarketing Plan14 buckets · how it reaches people

Positioning & release

Song Sheet - Disc Two / Album Track

Disc TwoAlbum TrackLove Song

This page is scaffolded and ready. Buckets fill in as KB brain-dumps the song. Structure matches every other song sheet so nothing has to be redesigned later.

📖 Story

Layer 3 — The Public Story Fan-facing

Fan hook. If you've ever been afraid the person you love wouldn't follow you back into the thing you used to be — this song is for you.

When I met my husband, I wasn't doing music.

I had stepped away from it completely. We connected over business, over building things, over the version of me that wore blazers and ran companies. He fell in love with that woman, not the songwriter. So when I decided to come back to music, I was nervous in a way I didn't quite want to admit out loud.

This life comes with a lot. Travel. Late nights. Strange hours. A kind of public vulnerability you can't really prepare a partner for. I was scared he wouldn't want to follow me into it. I was scared I'd have to choose.

He didn't make me choose.

He became my biggest fan. Not in a small, polite, supportive-spouse way. In a real way. The way that actually carries you when the road gets long. Even when we're apart, he's the thing that keeps me steady. The fixed point I navigate by.

Every wandering soul deserves a north star.

I got mine.

"Every wandering soul deserves a north star. I got mine."

Layer 1 — Bullet Framework Internal anchors

Memory anchors, angles, and key lyric placement. To add.

Layer 2 — Performance Scripts Short · long · stage banter

Short, long, and stage-banter versions. To add.

🎵 Lyrics

Written by Kris Bradley & Stone Aielli · © Boomfox Productions

Verse 1I never hang my hat up
For too long
Can't stand standing still
I got that restless move on

You came in strong and steady
I was ready for some roots
Thought I was made for messy
And then heaven sent me youChorusYou're my north star
That never fades away
Anchor my heart
So l never lose my way
I may be East or West or Southbound
Far from where you are
But you're my north star
You're my north starVerse 2I'm a driven drifter, detour dreamer
Singin' coast to coast
A make you miss me, cosmic gypsy,
Rollin show to show

I hate the space this dream creates
Between us, but I know
You're the light that guides me home
No matter where I goBridgeI roam, but I return
I wonder, but ain't lost
I think I finally learned
How to trust
Cause....

😤 Pain Points

Pain points list to be added.

🎣 Hooks & Opening Lines

Hooks and opening lines to be added.

🪞 Nobody Wants to Hear Series

Song-specific versions to be added.

📱 POV Series

POV lines to be added.

🎬 Content Formats & Video Ideas

Video concepts to be added.

🔗 Stitch Targets & Seed Videos

Seed videos, creator targets, and hashtag bank to be added.

📝 Captions

Captions list to be added.

📅 Pre & Post Release Checklist

Populate from the Six-Week Cycle template on the Strategy page.

🎥 Music Video

Music video concept to be added.

💿 Sync & Licensing

Sync and licensing notes to be added.

📰 Press & Outreach

Pitch angles, target outlets, and outreach status to be added.

🪧 Billboard - One Per Song

Confirmed: every single in the campaign gets its own billboard. Not a phase-4 or cash-flow-permitting extra — a locked part of each release.
Billboard copy: To add — write this song's billboard line here.

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LyricsLyrics3:22

Written by Kris Bradley & Stone Aielli · © Boomfox Productions

Verse 1

I never hang my hat up
For too long
Can't stand standing still
I got that restless move on

You came in strong and steady
I was ready for some roots
Thought I was made for messy
And then heaven sent me you

Chorus

You're my north star
That never fades away
Anchor my heart
So l never lose my way
I may be East or West or Southbound
Far from where you are
But you're my north star
You're my north star

Verse 2

I'm a driven drifter, detour dreamer
Singin' coast to coast
A make you miss me, cosmic gypsy,
Rollin show to show

I hate the space this dream creates
Between us, but I know
You're the light that guides me home
No matter where I go

Bridge

I roam, but I return
I wonder, but ain't lost
I think I finally learned
How to trust
Cause....

AdminRegistration & RightsISRC · BMI · UPC · credits

Registration

ISRC

QTA6R2600022

Key

E Major (DADGAD tuning)

BPM

ISRC source

Boomfox prefix

UPC (album)

To be assigned

BMI work registration

In review

Publisher

Kris Bradley Music (BMI)
IPI 00821161184

Writer account (BMI)

KAMAI BRADLEY KRISTI LEAH K (550220798)

Writers

Kris Bradley, Stone Aielli

Duration

3:22

Master format

44.1k/16

Time signature

4/4

Recording year

2026

Release status

Unreleased

Label

Boomfox Productions LLC

Producers

Kris Bradley, Eric Torres, Blue Foley

Mix

Eric Torres

Mastering

Sam Moses

Where the files live

Master WAV: MCA Masters - Sept 8 (Google Drive)
ISRC allocation: MCA ISRC Master List (Drive, Admin folder)
Credits: Album Credits sheet (Drive)
BMI: applications.bmi.com, account KAMAI BRADLEY KRISTI LEAH K (550220798)