Prior to any lighthouse structure, men used to build fires on the shorelines to alert mariners of dangerous reefs. The first lighthouse was built in 1696 by Henry Winstanley.. About Beacon: Ethereal, mysterious. Writing music almost never comes from inner peace. Songwriters express themselves through their music yet may not be able to find words outside of their musical sanctuary to say what they have to say. Sometimes I can capture the way I would LIKE to feel, going to that "inner place".