Track 1 from Monarch Trail's 2014 debut album, "Skye", featuring Ken Baird (keyboards/vocals), Chris Lamont (drums) and Dino Verginella (bass) with John Mamone (electric and 12 string guitars) Words and Music copyright Ken Baird/Perpetual Tree Music 2014.

Luminescence

A mix of all four tracks from Monarch Trail's debut album, "Skye". 0:00 to 1:10 is from the first track, "Luminescence", 1:11 to 2:23 is from the second song of the album, "Silent World", 2:24 to 4:09 is from the third track, "East of Fifty" and 4:10 to 7:52 is from the fourth and final song, "Sky Above the Sun". All songs feature Ken Baird on keyboards/vocals, Chris Lamont on drums, Dino Verginella on Bass. Tracks 1, 2 and 4 feature John Mamone on electric guitars, track 3 features Kelly Kereliuk on electric guitar, and Track 4 features Steve Cochrane on classical and 12 string guitars. Words and Music copyright Ken Baird/Perpetual Tree Music 2014.


Skye Collage Mix

When keyboard player/vocalist Ken Baird had written some music which seemed to require more collaborative arrangements than usual, he asked drummer Chris Lamont and Bassist Dino Verginella if they’d  be willing to be a part of “Monarch Trail”. Lamont had played on Baird’s previous three albums and Verginella on the previous two, so it was a natural thing that it could be called a group.

The first stage was to set up several rehearsals for the trio to work on arranging the new pieces. Important changes were made to the charts; an extra set of bars here, a new melody line there, a different tempo over there and so on. Even more importantly, these rehearsals also turned out to be a ton of fun with no lack of shenanigans!

They made the decision to start recording the music right away and add other musicians when needed. As it turned out, there was to be a fair bit of guitar on the record, so guitarist friends were brought in providing “the right part for the right track”. True to the spirit of the project, John Mamone, Kelly Kereliuk and Steve Cochrane all had major creative input on their solos and sections.

The recording was done by Ken Baird, but in the final months of the record, Cochrane also lent his studio and his recording and mastering abilities. Drawings by Annette Roche had initially helped inspire the lyrics, so these drawings ultimately became part of the album artwork.

And so here we have it, the first album from Monarch Trail: “Skye”!

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