DAY 8 of going through the old hard drive and searching for more nostalgic tracks from the high school band days jumped out. Here is Contrast, written about ineffable things and co-composed lyrically between Dave and Jason (for the first time).

Guitar, Vocals & Composition: Dave Featherstone
Drums, Engineering & Composition: Jordan de Lima
Guitar & Composition: Jason Langvee
Bass & Composition: Tom Scott

Contrast '06 [In The Moment]

Done (demo)

Lead Sheet: https://bit.ly/ecmusic_sentimental

Sentimental

One of the most misunderstood animals on the planet.

19/January/2022

Wolf

Music, lyrics, vocal & ac guitar : Grave
Other instruments & mix : PJ Project

Constant Replay W/ Grave

play the game

feat Mexzy I Just Wanna Know

All that I want

Video can be watched here:
https://youtu.be/2FjUBiXm2wI
Greetings for all!

Wonderfull Tonight, Eric Clapton, instrumental cover

Oily Road Hideaway by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.   

Performers:
George: guitars, Plank, string fish, synths
Dave: bass, percussion, keys, programming

Project directed by George Davies.

Recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* Oily Road Hideaway is in the key of G minor and the tempo is 85 BPM.
* It was composed at around eleven o’clock on a Friday morning in October 2000.
* Instead of being at home composing a tune, George should have been in Luxembourg to celebrate Floyd and Kat’s wedding.
* Unfortunately, Joe’s old Ford Sierra wasn’t up to the task of completing the journey.
* At around 3am, the old Ford emptied the contents of its sump all over the A303, about two miles from Stonehenge.
* The stricken Sierra was towed right back to Exeter and its sleepy occupants returned to their homes, disappointed.
* Within 15 minutes of returning home, George had composed this piece on a Hokada classical guitar.
* Nearly all the other pieces on the album At Least 1000 Words had their drums recorded at Tim’s house in North Devon, in a room about the size of a toilet.
* The mics were all pretty horrid too, and the whole system looked like it had been built by Captain Hook at a Heath Robinson school for elementary electronics.
* Oily Road Hideaway is the only track on the album that uses programmed drums.
* The rhythm breakdown in the middle of the piece was somewhat longer originally, and cut down quite drastically to save precious space on the CD.
* The Hokada classical guitar, on which the piece was written, plays two parts panned to the left.
* One is the main rhythm part, and the other a melodic motif, which only uses the two top strings.
* The nature of the part means that if one should find oneself at a party where there is a wreck of a two-string guitar, it is still possible to play Oily Road Hideaway!
* The other lead guitar part is played on the Yamaha steel string, which is panned to the right and plays unison with the bass to begin.
* Oily Road Hideaway features a delicate, wistful ostinato played on the string fish, an extraordinary instrument built by Martin from Pyg.
* It starts at 2:05 and continues to the drum break, then reappears at 2:54 and plays until the end.
* A string fish is a like a pair of dulcimers or zithers, joined together at an acute angle.
* The strings are vertical and to play a scale, the player must alternate between the left and right side, like a kalimba.
* Dave and George both play a unison bassline, on the Fender and the Plank respectively.
* George and the Plank are panned right, Dave and the Fender panned left.
* Just after the drum break, at 2:48, George plays two notes that Dave doesn’t play.
* Other than that, their parts are beautifully in sync.
* Flicker would have liked very much to have found a brass section for Oily Road Hideaway, but none was available.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/oily-road-hideaway

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/oily-road-hideaway
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

At Least 1000 Words

Oily Road Hideaway

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Flicker: Oily Road Hideaway

Many years

At the end of the year we all have something to look back upon. I looked back at the many years behind me and made my personal musical reflection in this piece of music: a instrumental, latin pop kind of track with a special Spanish ‘fire’ in the middle. 

It is open for collaboration and I really look forward to hear your beautiful vocals, trumpet, sax, percussion, lead guitar or whatever you think will fit best to this track. Make it a hip-hop rap, add your vocal angels, give it a different style or whatever you like :) and upload it to you profile. No need to ask me about it. I would very much like to hear your end version of course! :))

What I hope for in the end is a sweet list of open collaborations and if not I am still content. Reflecting my feelings in music is a dear thing to me and always has been. Guys enjoy the music, get creative if you can and have a very nice holydays and ending of the year!

Mike


TECHNICAL DETAILS
Instruments I played:
-	Acoustic nylon string guitar
-	Bass guitar
-	Telecaster guitar
-	Midi keys for strings (Halion Sonic Orchestra VST)
-	Midi drums programmed (Sennheiser freeware drums for Kontakt 5)
-	Hand claps
Mixed in Cubase pro 8 / mastered Ozone 7 advanced.
Bpm = 75.434(Spanish break is less tight)

If you need a different mix for your production please let me know. I can send you a version without drums or with a lower guitar level.  A non-mastered mix is available as well. 

Free download for non commercial use only (option below the '... More' button) Please contact me if you prefer different. Have fun listening or producing :)

Photo by Anthea Molenaar

Many years

Many Years

Netherlands based singer-songwriter/guitarist/composer/sound engineer.
headphones recommended

Many Years

MIKE SPRING