Scott Moran

RescueCharlotte.org Letters to my abducted daughter, about love, survival, and getting to the other side. Former musician, never thought I'd publish another song. Then I had an amazing little girl. We’d bang on instruments; she’d figured out how to hit the pads on Ableton Live. I’d sample a noise she made, she’d push the button, and it would loop her own voice back. I’ve never seen anyone giggle so hard or turn so red. Those are the happiest moments I can remember. Ever, honestly. After her international abduction, I kept the daily routine to stay connected, but what came out of it changed. Journal entries: all about staying true and fighting for her. Talking about it puts me into a shell. This lets me remind our support network it’s still going on without another unbearable update email. I am fighting every day to get her home safe soon, so she remembers none of this. But if something happens to me before that, hopefully she will see the massive love in my heart — impossible to show — and that I kept fighting for her. Sixth of the Six is an entry a month compiled for her birthday, June 6. Most are just a snippet in time. Example, Christmas Morning was written and posted that day. No lyrics, composition, arrangements, lead vocals, or songwriting are AI-generated. I use AI/ML after the human piece exists for production: performance-derived quantization, reprocessing, EQ, and things I can’t realistically track , like a children’s choir singing about systemic failure.