"The sound of the rain is you giving a sermon."
~Foyan

Rainy Spring Day (PA)

Music by Jeff Burns, https://soundcloud.com/jeff-burns-4, who apparently has been playing banjo for 1/8th the time I have and is leaving me in the dust, much to my delight. Jeff uploaded this as 'idea in D' the other day, with the idea of me filling it out. I should have been going to sleep late Tuesday night but the track called; I didn't quite get enough sleep but we got a good track out of it. I sent the source files off to Jeff today and blammo, he mixed it down and had it up on his page (again, https://soundcloud.com/jeff-burns-4) by this evening. 
Jeff composed the track and played the lead banjo part, on a steel string resonator banjo; if you listen closely to Jeff's original, you can hear his fingers on the banjo head making a great rhythmic effect. I knew that would get steamrolled in a bigger production but loved that insistent shuffle feel, so added the washboard first, followed by the guitar and eventually my low-strung gut banjo following his lead.

I found Jeff's music via Hank's page a while back and have really enjoyed his compositions, improvisations and collaborations, so it's a joy to be included in this project.

Picture: not a spring pepper, but snowdrops, taken last weekend. I've had some blooming since December (whenever snow cover abated enough) but man, that first warm day every spring, boy do they pop and put some pep in my step. Of course we got snow again on Monday but hey, one step at a time.

Spring Peppers (Greenwood & Burns)

A new track taken from the forthcoming album Étoiles to be released on Cold Beats Records early 2015.

Gear used for this track: Roland CSQ-600, Roland SH-101, Roland JX-8P, Eurorack Modular system, Kawai R-100, Roland TR-606.

L'Avenir - Lever du soleil

Open G tuning: D-G-D-G-B-D

Photo - Eric Plahna

Check out the vocal version with https://soundcloud.com/ewwills:
https://soundcloud.com/gratton/one-night-and-the-universe-collab-w-bright-shadow-animal

Check out the album: http://gratton.bandcamp.com/album/gratton

(c) 2008

Old Friend Night

A sentimental tribute to my neighbourhood on the banks of the river Clyde, written and recorded on the eve of the Commonwealth Games which are being hosted here in Glasgow.

A tad similar to some of my other songs, namely 'Solway', 'Viewforth' and 'Sunrise', but never mind. Possibly letting some of my 70's influences show a bit here too.

This photo was taken a few hundred yards from my flat, on the bridge near the BBC HQ at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, on a surprisingly calm and sunny morning last winter.

Hope you like it, any and all feedback much appreciated, and thank you for checking it out :o)

Written and recorded 22nd July 2014

cold air
bright sky

still water
on the Clyde

steam rising
sun shine

on the still water
of the Clyde

look west
to the ocean

from the still water
of the Clyde



On The Clyde

Baby, I know you cannot hear me now 
 'Cause you're fast asleep 
 But I love you now 
 Colors inside your head go spinning around 
 Like a ferris wheel 
 Exploding and falling to the ground 
 Oh, people are screaming, people are screaming 
 My baby, she's dreaming 
 Oh, people are shouting, people are freaking 
 I'm just staring at the ceiling 
 Waiting for the feeling 
 Oh, oh but when she calls, 
 I know she's the one 
 Makes me want her harder 
 Makes me want to be a little stronger 
 Still I see monsters 
 Still I see monsters 

 Baby, I know you cannot hear me now 
 'Cause you're flying around 
 At the speed of sound 
 Colors inside your head go spinning around 
 Like a ferris wheel 
 Exploding and falling to the ground 
 Oh, people are screaming, people are screaming 
 My babies, she's dreaming 

 Oh, people are shouting, people are freaking 
 I'm just staring at the ceiling 
 Waiting for the feeling 
 Oh, oh when she calls 
 I know that she's the one 
 Makes me want it harder 
 Makes me want to be a little stronger 
 Still I see the monsters 
 Still I see the monsters  


 

I See Monsters

Photography by Stuart McIntrye © 2015 - Used with kind permission

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Into the night

Tonal sketches. Hoping to release more in a timely fashion. <3 from the Mid-Atlantic.

II

Peter G. Brown