This has been a labour of love and an exercise in musicianship , recording and mixing.
Everything was recorded from scratch and played by yours truly.
It's a monster - 5 piece brass parts, synth solos (made up of three different synth patches), piano solos, 2 guitar solos, organ parts, percussion, 3 part harmonies and much more. I have learned so much doing this and I'm just hoping some of it will rub off in my own song writing and recording lol!

Toto - Rosanna - Full Cover

Last year, when the world slowed down, I found myself looking inwards and remembering the past. I see my friendships shift in shape, my relationships ebb and flow, and the ground I’m standing on is moving beneath my feet. This record is an introspective dive, pinpointing the moment I recognised a consistency within me that fights to contradict my life in stasis. Beneath the skin deep layers there is an engine: sometimes idle, but never stalling. This motor propels me with a musical momentum. It compels me to speak my truth, words encircled in melody.

I asked my friend Hannah to draw this concept.

On October 30th, I’ll be releasing a 12 track collection. The music is about 50/50 unreleased and remastered versions singles I’ve published over the last year or so. One song is totally re-recorded to feature the beautiful singing of my good talented friend Sanja Cin.  

The process of recording this music is much indebted to a number of longterm collaborating partners:

Firstly, all of the drums and percussion instruments that you hear were lent to me freely by Aidan Poland. Without unrestricted access to his beautiful drum kit, I never could have captured these rhythms.

All of the keyboards and synthesised FX were produced using equipment loaned to me by Matt G. With the exception of tinkering in humble bedroom studio setup, all of the sounds were captured using Matt’s space where I had unfiltered access to microphones, a computer workstation, and most importantly: silence.

The entire record has been subjected to the fine-toothed audio engineering prowess of my good friend David McLaughlin. Dave took my tangled mess of a record and made it shine bright. 

Special thanks also goes to Maria Toase,, who recorded me acoustically when I was somewhat lost, wandering between disbeliefs, and reminded me to believe in myself. The acoustic music from that session form the bones of the track “Killing Time” paired with instrumental layers that I added almost a year later. 

We all walk a path but rarely do we watch where we are going. Without these individuals’ advice and collaboration I would never have achieved what, for me, is a monumental line in the sand along the shores of my dreamworld.

The Thread Connecting Us

Music video here: https://youtu.be/jxvZpVCwQ1g
This song is based on a true story of how I nearly wandered off the edge of a mountain whilst lost in the mist!

Lyrics:
THIS FRAGILE LIFE
Misty mountain peaks and winding trails
Getting off the beaten track
Camera in my backpack
Purple heather clothes these ancient fells
All the heavy rain last night
Made the river quite a sight  

I almost wandered off the edge today
 Zero visibility
Location was a mystery
Stumbling in the mist I’d lost my way 
Lonely in the cloud 
A silent deadly weather shroud

CHORUS
Life is so fragile
And I had to face it
There in an instant 
Looking me in the eye
Love is what binds us
 Keeps us together
 And I wasn’t ready
No time to say goodbye

VERSE3
 The mist dissolved into a cobalt blue I heard children sing below
And in the hills a rainbow
Somehow transported to a better place
And right there on the village green 
A game of soccer was the scene

MIDDLE	
And all I did was think about you
Unaware of all I’d been through
I only had this picture of you
So much more we’re wanting to do, wanting to do

This Fragile Life

(Remastered and updated guitar lead and vocals)
The younger generation can come with fresh ideas and energy but also reject the wisdom of the past.
Sometimes these echoes of the past come back to haunt us,.
That's the theme of this song and it's been a long time in the making!
Enjoy and feedback welcome.

ECHOES OF TIME
Every generation
Claims to know the way
Rejecting every wisdom of the past
Looking through your lenses
Hold your ways so tight
All is set in stone, the die is cast

It’s so many years now
since I was young and brave
Feeling like I’d conquer the world
Nothing held me back then
So much self belief
Reflecting back the voices that I’d heard

Here we are
Time waits for no man
We’ve come so far
But what have we learned?
Here we are
Our days won’t last forever
Haunted by the echoes of time

Life can make you dizzy
Sometimes can’t keep up
This world can change in the blink of an eye
Hard to get your bearings
The compass spins around
The only question you can ask is why

Words & Music by Andy Prosser
© Copyright 2022

Echoes Of Time

Andy Prosser

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