Contours and detours
Written and recorded by TJG May 2024

Contours and Detours is my take on Gershwin's Rhythm changes with my own harmonic substitutions throughout. Written in B-flat Major with a Key change in the bridge. 

Technical Details
Rhythm Guitar: Gibson ES 335
Lead Guitar: Gibson ES 335
Guitar Amplifier: Fender George Benson Hot Rod Deluxe
Fender pedal board: Line 6 delay; Fender clean boost
Mics: a pair of Royer r10 ribbons on guitars
Mic preamps: API 312
Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape.

Contours and detours

This is a song for anyone who has ever lost or failed at something. Someone out there feels this way for you, and you should too. 

Forfeit Fights     

I know you hate them
For saying its true
But you don’t belong here
I know it too

It’s no ones fault
It’s no ones answer
For where we go from here

But I’m with you
Thick and through
Every time
We lose

You don’t owe anybody
Anything
But you don’t believe that
You were raised to think

Your bleeding heart 
Was all the world's to see

But I’m with you
Thick and through
Every time we choose
Sleepless nights
Forfeit fights
Burnt out lights
And shoes

You chose the narrow path instead
Of ones that led to lighter trends
When I fell down and broke the skin
On every hope we didn’t win
You put my arms around your neck
And carried me until the end

So I’m with you
Thick and through
Every time we lose
Sleepless nights
Forfeit fights
Burnt out lights
And 
Sleepless nights
Forfeit fights
Burnt out lights
And shoes

Forfeit Fights

My first track incorporating more of a dubstep sound!

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Drew singing this song ,we released it on social media last year, never put it it on SoundCloud though for some reason. A song dedicated to her parents

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Eden Lockhart’s Black Salt Kisses is a moody, seductive dark pop spell. With lyrics that blur the line between love and curse, this track evokes candlelit rituals, smoky intentions, and a kiss that burns deeper than it should. Lush, haunting, and unforgettable.

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We wanted to create something for the VE Day anniversary so back in January Lana performed this one, our own version of we’ll meet again

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My Mental Break

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Bad for You Too

[Verse 1]
She tells me
I'm not like this with anyone else
her voice soft like ash in the air
says I'm the spark
that sets off her silence
and all the storms hiding there

She tells me she loves me—
right before she breaks
in trembling flame
I hold her like
a burned-out oak
still standing in the rain

[Chorus]
And I say—
It’s okay babe
I’m bad for you too
we’re just two deer
caught in the open
no map no moon
but I won’t run
if you don’t move
we’re broken kind
but we choose this truth

[Verse 2]
She curls her voice
around old wounds
asks if I see
what she hides inside
but I’ve walked through fire
and stayed soft
so I just press my hand to the light

She says 
she’s poison and prayer both
but I drink anyway
there’s something
about her damage that sings—
when the world turns gray

[Chorus]
And I say—
It’s okay babe
I’m bad for you too
like two branches
bending never breaking
through the weight of truth
I’ll hold the hurt
and carry the proof
we’re bad for each other
but I stay with you

[Bridge]
You cry like a river
I dam with my chest
I’ve never been the answer—
but I stayed when you wept
No easy fix no clean slate
just hands held tight
through our worst mistakes

[Final Chorus]
It’s okay babe
we were never meant
to bloom unbruised
but I’d rather stand
in the storm with you
than find shelter
without your truth

[Outro]
So breathe love
just breathe—
I’m not leaving
even if we never heal
completely

Bad For You Too

Music and Lyrics by Annie Bonsignore (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
#2 - Additional Lyrics by John Hemingway
#4 - Music & Lyrics by David Clayton-Thomas and George Koller
#6 - Music & Lyrics by Annie Bonsignore and Kevin Sokolnicki

Tracks  1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 
Recorded by Dave Salley at The Sound Emporium, Nashville TN
Mixed By Dave Salley At Forthouse, Nashville TN

Tracks 3, 5, 8, 10
Recorded and Mixed by Mike Tompa at MERRIAM Productions, Toronto

Nashville Musicians (Tracks 1,2,4,6,7,9):
Piano / Keyboards: Gary Prim
Acoustic Guitars: John Willis, Fred Mollin
Electric Guitars: John Willis
Bass: Larry Paxton
Drums & Percussion: Paul Leim

Toronto Musicians:
Piano / Keyboards: Stu Harrison (Tracks 3,5,8), Annie Bonsignore (10)
Percussion / Drums: Jamie Bird & Annie Bonsignore (10)
Violin: Natalie Wong (1)

This is an emotional power ballad inspired by a relationship that wasn’t right for me and taking the steps of walking away.  I wound up recording it in Nashville 17 years later on my album Durban Girl.  It was produced by my amazing friend and producer- Fred Molin

All Vocals and Vocal Arrangements by Annie Bonsignore
All Vocals Recorded By Mike Tompa at MERRIAM Productions, Toronto, ON
All Tracks Mastered By Casey Wood at The Insanery, Nashville, TN

Durban Girl

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