Okay, just to give some context on my previous post...
I'm about to reveal 'secrets' of an album that I was producing quite close to the chest. And once again, this is a massive unexpected leap for me.
The exciting direction this newer album is steering me in gives me enough peace and confidence to disclose certain facts about the previous album.
But because it's still a valuable ball of musical creativity, there are a few things I choose NOT to reveal also.
1st Secret: It's all about planes!
The concept of the album was about how small the world is - particularly that you can come and go anywhere in the world, hence the album title: 'Departures and Arrivals'
The opening track was a song about a man and a woman in love saying goodbye at the airport. And there was another song about a man whom prepares his lady the most amazing birthday surprise, only to discover she's flying away with someone else...the song ends with the plane never making it to it's destination.
The initial artwork was also very 'airportesque'. Long shiny walkways with high ceilings and glass walls - very modern architecture.
2nd Secret: It's all old ideas!
I must admit that this album concept was actually one of my first - ever. So when deciding on bringing out a newly recorded album, I kind of took the easy way out. I went back to my roots and starting arranging songs I wrote back in school that were overly familiar and didn't actually reflect my current musician/songwriting heart.
Anyway - now that that is out the way, I would like to raise the curtain on not just a collection of cool tunes, but a soundscape of thrills, smiles and gasps that are waiting to happen.
I'm about to reveal 'secrets' of an album that I was producing quite close to the chest. And once again, this is a massive unexpected leap for me.
The exciting direction this newer album is steering me in gives me enough peace and confidence to disclose certain facts about the previous album.
But because it's still a valuable ball of musical creativity, there are a few things I choose NOT to reveal also.
1st Secret: It's all about planes!
The concept of the album was about how small the world is - particularly that you can come and go anywhere in the world, hence the album title: 'Departures and Arrivals'
The opening track was a song about a man and a woman in love saying goodbye at the airport. And there was another song about a man whom prepares his lady the most amazing birthday surprise, only to discover she's flying away with someone else...the song ends with the plane never making it to it's destination.
The initial artwork was also very 'airportesque'. Long shiny walkways with high ceilings and glass walls - very modern architecture.
2nd Secret: It's all old ideas!
I must admit that this album concept was actually one of my first - ever. So when deciding on bringing out a newly recorded album, I kind of took the easy way out. I went back to my roots and starting arranging songs I wrote back in school that were overly familiar and didn't actually reflect my current musician/songwriting heart.
Anyway - now that that is out the way, I would like to raise the curtain on not just a collection of cool tunes, but a soundscape of thrills, smiles and gasps that are waiting to happen.
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