There are moments in your live in which you’re on a crossroad of choices to make and the future looks like a lonely desert trail. Not knowing where to go…..

Koen Stegerman came with this chord scheme (E – A – C#m7) and we recorded a first track in one take. However it was recorded with a full note lowered guitar tuning (DGCFAD) as used quite often, so in fact it is D – G – Bm7. He plays the lead guitar.
I duplicated this with some delay and panned both quite broad with the focus to mid right.
I recorded a second rhythm guitar track with some distortion and panned it left. 2 copies of the same track were used with a special effect for soundscaping: a small adapted ‘metal winds’ preset from GTR3.5. One of the tracks is also phase reversed and with a small delay. Both also broad panned with the focus mid left. Same set-up is used for a duplicated harmonica track for which the ‘desolation’ preset of the PSP85 is used.
The cajon serves as percussion, together with a drumstick track with some delay.
The bass track completes the instrumental part
A few days later the vocals were recorded and the harmonica solo in the break.

(c) April 2014 by Jeff Simmelink & Koen Stegerman
(c) Painting: Jeff Simmelink

Lonely Soul

The song was inspired by the upcoming fall (autumn) when leaves turn to gold and the nights are getting colder an the days shorter. You realize that the warm summer is gone. There is also a link with the phases in life as I notice that I’m also heading to the ‘the fall’

I recorded the ticking of the clock in the music room and added a small delay effect to it. It serves nicely as the rhythm part of the song, together with a strong bass, representing the running of time in life.
The rhythm guitar track is played on the low strings of ‘black cow’. Both guitar solos are also recorded with ‘black cow’.
Finally I recorded a piano track with the Yamaha keyboard and vocals

(c) September 2015 by Jeff Simmelink
(c) Painting: Jeff Simmelink

Lonely Soul

Jeff Simmelink

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