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This is a song I wrote a long time ago. Maybe, ten years or so even. I used to work in an office at a newspaper, long hours doing photography, darkroom and design. After a few years I developed some form of depression and started taking wild trips to make myself feel better.
This song arose out of those feelings and that special feeling you get when you're traveling for the sake of traveling. More or less as a panacea with no destination or goals in mind. I don't even remember where this chord progression came from, but I always ended up playing it whenever I picked up my acoustic guitar and felt the need to get out of my situation.
I feel like the chord progression has both a sad and a hopeful feeling at the same time. It reminds me of my road trips out of Montana, they took me to Canada, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and most memorably to a guitar building school in Vancouver Island, BC where I received the weissenborn that I played the slide melody on, I feel the weissenborn slide completes the piece.
I realise the recording methods cheapen the sound somewhat, but I've once again learned a lot about recording in the process of this song, and it definitely makes me wish I could get my dream recording setup sooner, so I can re-record this song. My guitars don't really sound this muddy and toneless. You'll see someday this summer, when I get my new recording gear.
For now though, I just needed to record this song and put it out there. Hope you like it. Thanks for listening.
This song arose out of those feelings and that special feeling you get when you're traveling for the sake of traveling. More or less as a panacea with no destination or goals in mind. I don't even remember where this chord progression came from, but I always ended up playing it whenever I picked up my acoustic guitar and felt the need to get out of my situation.
I feel like the chord progression has both a sad and a hopeful feeling at the same time. It reminds me of my road trips out of Montana, they took me to Canada, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and most memorably to a guitar building school in Vancouver Island, BC where I received the weissenborn that I played the slide melody on, I feel the weissenborn slide completes the piece.
I realise the recording methods cheapen the sound somewhat, but I've once again learned a lot about recording in the process of this song, and it definitely makes me wish I could get my dream recording setup sooner, so I can re-record this song. My guitars don't really sound this muddy and toneless. You'll see someday this summer, when I get my new recording gear.
For now though, I just needed to record this song and put it out there. Hope you like it. Thanks for listening.
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I loved this piece, great guitar tone and wonderful playing. Enjoyed very much!
Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi