Music for the BBC Horizon special - How to be an Astronaut


Star Gazing

This is a piece of music composed by myself and my good friend Billy Salvatori. This came about this past June when I was bored at home and playing around with some open tunings and one finger chords on guitar.  The result was something resembling psychedelic rock.

I'm hardly a guitarist, so this opened up whole new possibilities for me as a composer. So, armed with my one finger chords, a flute, and some virtual instruments, I set to work building up what is essentially a three part piece - the more metallic intro, the pastoral middle section, and the spacey final section which is meant to sound like you're drifting off to sea.

Billy and I collaborated on the rhythm part, while he developed the acoustic guitar parts and contributed the final solo at the end. I recorded and mixed everything and shaped the solo from several takes, using a variety of editing and post production techniques.

This is only the current version of the piece. Some additional recording and mixing with take place over the next few months.

Day Won (Dec. Mix)

I wrote this song in the early 70's, this is a cover of it by the Hans Staymer Band

Six Feet Under Water.m4a

The fifth MetaFilter Music podcast!

Link to the tracklist on MetaTalk here: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/24443/My-Songs-Know-What-You-Did-In-The-Dark

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