Absolutely wonderful and brilliant. Very well inspired, bravo !

Very nice piece with beautiful transitions and developments. A bit like the early Genesis.......

Sticking to it really paid off, Pete. Listeners are quite right about Floyd...loved their songs...and loved this one, too.

This composition is amazing! Beautiful guitar playing, nice soundcapes and synths and nice vocals :)

Excellent, tasty orchestration... perfectly supports the story telling 😎

On the 25th February 2016, an idea came into my head for a song involving the concept of a lighthouse in space. What would it be like to be in the back of beyond, all alone in deep space? 

Lyrics followed and then musical ideas involving orchestration to denote the expanse of space and incorporating strings and  brass mixed together with synthesizers and electric guitar.

Just over 1.5 years later (560 days), this 16.5 minute monster is finally ready.  This track has acted for me as an apprenticeship in recording, mixing and simple mastering. The original rough demo was completed by December 2016 but final construction only truly began in January 2017, with everything being re-recorded. 

The track itself isn't particularly lyric heavy, with instrumental sections very much in keeping with a larger Prog Rock piece. Since it is quite long at 16.5 minutes I suggest listeners settle down and hopefully lose themselves  in Deep Space for a while.  :-)

There is now a YouTube video to go with this track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVP11ZIN1f4

The story of the Lighthouse Keeper will continue with four more songs planned. Check out the project website or Facebook page for more details.

** A big shout- out to Len Rice for guidance and encouragement during the recording of this  track. (You taught me how to listen critically and got me up to speed with some technical stuff) Cheers :-) 

https://soundcloud.com/lenrice

Lighthouse Keeper

A collection of songs, instrumentals and orchestral pieces charting my adventures in home studio recording and production.  All original compositions using voice, acoustic and electric guitar (sometimes using altered tunings), bouzouki, low and high whistles and MIDI instrumentation. 

I'm also using VST instrumentation to create classical compositions and integrating orchestral sounds into my songs and instrumentals.

Links to various instrumental projects and other Social Media links are available below.

My Eclectic Music Connections repost thread is here

https://soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki-repost

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