Hey Bro, this is some of your finest stuff.

Beautiful music and voice, fabulous song and ambience!

A great song Eric ; you've said so much in so few words.

Very romantic song like reading an old story book, excited waiting for the next chapter

Soo lovely melody! Lovely vocals my friend!

Achingly good. Heartstring music,reminds me of the best of TransAtlantic sessions.

great song Eric, well written, done how it should be

Beautiful in its Celtic flow and practical in its wisdom, almost a musical proverb.

Song written and performed by Eric Feltham

Lyrics:

And when we come to journeys end and find that much has been pretend
The things that made the bills to pay, we’ll have no use for there

If I could do it all again, I wouldn’t of bought  those fancy clothes
Instead, I’d buy a winter coat and maybe warmer shoes…

Buyer's Remorse

21.12

I was recently pleasantly surprised, as I rediscovered some pretty cool fusion style music I had produced over a quarter century ago. This old music marks the time I first got introduced to midi sequencing.
For those that want to know more, here's a few interesting details as to how this music came to be.
Just for context... at the time (1995), I knew absolutely nothing about computers, and the world of personal computers, including pc based DAW, was still waiting for me to discover a couple years later on.
So... besides my electric guitar, the only other musical "tool" I had at my disposal to produce most of my home-studio "desktop" music at the time was my one and only keyboard, a Korg T-3 "workstation". 
This exciting, and recently introduced keyboard offered plenty of great synth sounds, but also had built-in midi sequencing abilities. This feature interested me very much realizing the great potential it offered coming from a composer's viewpoint.
Working on and constructing full length multi-instrumented compositions and productions using the Korg T-3's built-in sequencer was not easy. A tiny screen and just a few push buttons to access all the editing functions made for a highly tedious experience compared to using the standard everyday DAW systems most musicians are accustomed to these days. What was even more crazy was I had just gotten rid of my old multi-track Tascam cassette recorder, as I was pretty fed up with all the technical problems associated with the old tape machine technology. So I was determined to do any future music productions using digital recording. In my case, after completion of my work of sequencing for multiple instrumentation for this particular tune, I was  also faced with the challenge of playing and recording my guitar parts straight through the entire piece without any overdubbing or editing, as I was recording directly onto a 2-track (stereo) DAT. Everything had to be pre-mixed as perfectly possible as it all would go directly onto a stereo recording. That means all T-3 derived sounds, such as drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, etc., had to first be mixed within the Korg T-3's own built-in mixer. Then my guitar had to be mixed and recorded in one pass, together with the T-3's mixed stereo output, going through a small audio mixer feeding the final mix to the stereo DAT machine.
Challenging and time consuming for sure... but some will understand... creative energy and inspiration has a way of overcoming these kind of obstacles, which is exactly what happened to me. Within two years I managed to finish off about a half dozen decent tracks in this manner, in which afterwards I finally realized I really needed a update to a full sized computer based audio work station in order to continue and advance in my creative endeavors.
That said... it was the lessons I learned from these first days of sequencing on my old Korg T-3, that helped me a whole bunch as I advanced into today's standard DAW technology.
I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy some of this music that belongs to this special group of tracks, an "album" so to speak, which I titled "FusionRama".

GUMBO GIG (Audric Jankauskas-1995)

Beannaich, a Thrianailt fhioir nach gann,
(Segne, o Dreifaltiger, Wahrer und Gütiger,)
Mi fein, mo cheile agus mo chlann, 
(Ich selbst, mein Ehepartner und meine Kinder,)
Mo chlann mhaoth's am mathair chaomh 'n an ceann,
(Meine zarten Kinder und ihre geliebte Mutter an ihrer Spitze,)
Air chlar chubhr nan raon, air airidh chaon nam beann,
(Auf der duftenden Ebene, an der fröhlichen Bergscheide,)
Air chlar chubhr nan raon, air airidh chaon nam beam.
(Auf der duftenden Ebene, in der fröhlichen Berglandschaft.)

Gach ni na m' fhardaich, no ta 'na m' shealbh,
(Alles innerhalb meiner Wohnung oder in meinem Besitz,)
Gach buar is barr, gach tan is tealbh,
(Alle Kühe und Feldfrüchte, alle Herden und Getreide,)
Bho Oidhche Shamhna chon Oidhche Bheallt,
(Von Heiligabend bis Beltane,)
Piseach maith, agus beannachd mallt,
(Mit gutem Fortschritt und sanftem Segen,)
Bho mhuir, gu muir, agus bun gach allt,
(Von Meer zu Meer, und jeder Flussmündung,)
Bho thonn gu tonn, agus bonn gach steallt.
(Von Welle zu Welle, und am Fuße des Wasserfalls.)

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First, I would like to say thank you for reading this. That means that you liked my songs enough to see what I’m about. That means a lot to me.
I’m a working man and a family man. The years digging ditches and breaking my back to put food on the table, has given me enough ammo to write a song or two. I like to write songs about real life with all of its struggles, beauty and grit…

In this digital age of perfect music I'm trying to leave the human imperfections in the tracks. Most parts are done straight through with no splices. A missed note or chord here or there, bit out of time...trying to keep it raw. Maybe I go too far sometimes?

I don't play games on SoundCloud. If I like your music ill like it and follow you. I wont unfollow you even if you don't follow me back!  If you do I'll be delighted though!

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