This is like the third tune I ever wrote.  The lyrics were a little adolescent so I reworked them.

Song #3

Thought I'd try my hand at this.  Of course there's no comparison to the Fab Four but I had some fun doing it.

Because

The Afternoon I Fell in Love with You

A Greek Tradedy (in One Act)

Nothing is permanent.  When I'm feeling complacent is when I need to watch out.

Lost and Found Blues

Candle

I didn't mean for this song to be about current events but real life has a way of poking its head into things.

Castles Made of Sand

Old old tune, updated.  Guitar solo by Buster Pratt!

The Breach

Been working on this song forever. I think I finally got it where I want it.

New Moon

The River

Not much to tell.  Woke up one day and found myself in New York.  

Theses tracks were all recorded on GarageBand on my MacBook Air. I play all the instruments and sing all the vocal parts, except Buster Pratt plays the monster guitar solo on The Breach, the funky bass guitar on the bridge of Song #3, he and his sister Zoe help me  out on backing vocals on Light Years, and the great Vince Warren plays Hammond B3 organ on She Pulls Me and synthesizers on Life and Love.  Drum tracks are courtesy of GarageBand and YouTube.  The microphone is mostly a Shure SM-58 run through a Focusrite Scarlett but I recently bought an AKG214 and used it on my two or three most recent recordings.

SoundCloud has become a kind of songwriting workshop for me.  I post a track and people like it, or not, then I realize it could be made better, so I take it down and post a new version.  My friend Dave Christman is a great songwriter and generous sounding board. Check out his fantastic album First Name, Memory on all digital platforms.

The Happiest Days was written by my friend Gary Mezzi,  and Because is by the Beatles, of course.  The rest of the songs were written by me.  Enjoy.

Fred Pratt

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