2021

Snapshot

List of the latest musical musings from the town of bridges in South Wales. Reverting of late to shorter tracks and including the less boisterous releases  here.

Latest Tracks on the Move

I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor live from madison square garden

I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Riff had been around for ages, the ad libs and rise and fall accentuate constant rhythm. Wary not to overplay and hold it back. Grows on you. Imagine its the behind the scenes music over motd's goals of the day montage!!! Yeh right Nick, wake up.

Hope.WAV

Does what it says on the tin. This began as my go to warm up pattern. I knew it had more than that so focused on extending and top'd and tailed it. Blues progression that has life of its own, and swings thanks to the jazzy overdubs. This track has a better social life than many.

Jollyiti.WAV

Recorded and created last Monday. Came from jazz noodling!! Middle 8 progression is fun and ending induces humour.

Electric Karma[1].WAV

Cheeky track , rhythm driven. Love 7th's me. Excuse some of the timings and explosive bassist , we're human, no really we are....

Cherry99.WAV

Was led to this progression from another one (not yet complete) however this gelled immediately and the riff jumped out (no I haven't been listening to Rush's Limelight recently!). Added a few overdubs, really tried hard to keep it simple and at each stage the track seemed to improve, hope you agree. It started at twice this speed...talk about deconstruction . Written in thirty minutes , production took longer!

November.WAV

Sophie's drawing needed some music to accompany it's fire breathing requirements. Wanted the initial intro to be haunting and sparce. 'Browning' guitar to accompany then into it. Great fun to produce , things I rarely say ! Was quicker in writing and composing than producing so work needed on the latter. Hope you like it, in retrospect like 'November' think this is a grower. Watch out for Dragons ! N x

Be There Dragons Inside?

I had the basic rhythm for this one , again a repetitive melody then found a riff which fitted and halved the original time to double up circa 1minute in. Like the initial recordings of 'Thoughts' and Melancholy' it just seemed right to put this one out there. Short and sweet. Thanks Lu for the name , hope you think it fits !

Ocean Eyes

Here's a different feel. Had great fun with the end production.

Who'da Funk'd It.

Now in a minute , 2 minutes 39 later. That's not official timing by the way.

Now In a Minute

This is the first track for 2021, having been several weeks in the making. Similar in style to Spice Of Life and Humane and unlike Blow It Away, has definitely got a guitar solo in it. All Cherrydot on this one welcoming in 2021 !

A Second Chance.WAV

Another Rocker, been working on this for the past week and finished mastering today. All 335 on this and solo done on the third take which is a shredder btw! Three more tracks on the horizon in various stages and album 7 out before Spring. Keep it tuned.

Our Time In The Sun.WAV

This was penned this morning and is a lively jazzy refresher. Felt it was just what the day needed to get kickstarted. Enjoy!

At The Races.WAV

So this is track 150. This fits between the lighter 'Pop' songs like 'As If You Didn't Know', 'Love to Give' and 'Flight Home'. Took three days to complete from start to finish which is good going for me these days, just all fell into place and felt right. It's all Les Paul and came to me after a Zoom session last week!

Positive Signs.WAV

Following 'Positive Signs' wasn't easy though the music for this has been complete for the past month. Lyrics now included and it's a sparky number with open chords and counter melodies and harmonies.

Looking For Something.WAV

Gibson Cherry Dot obsession continues. Inspired by exciting grooves and a 60’s vibe which I wear on my sleeve. There’s an eclectic mix of guitar fuelled rhythms all written, produced and performed by myself which have now culminated in 226 tracks in 5 years. Having added vocals to the mix this has brought a further depth and individuality to the songs. 2020 saw the creativity in writing and self releasing 2 EP's and 9 albums 'The Black Tulip' , 'Prismatic' , 'Who Would You Be?' , 'The Red Carpet', 'Cat & Mouse', ‘How This Plays Out', 'Positive Signs', 'All The Colours' and  '9' from April 2022, it's frenetic.
These are available on the usual outlets Spotify/iTunes/Deezer/Pandora/Napster, Bandcamp etc.

Its eclectic, quirky I confess, British? Experimental in places but above all stuffed full with Gibson guitars, energy and a passion for music and life in the highs and lows that days of late bring.  Hope you appreciate the artwork too all photographed or produced by me to keep it authentic and original.

The tenth album 'Keep On' saw the development of style and flow which  includes my personal favourites 'The Things That You Love', 'Man on The Run' and the title track, 'Keep On'. These all adapted a different approach and development that simply wouldn't have occurred at the start of the journey,  

The music's progressing and the album 'The Perfect Storm' set the benchmark in online attention with the title track single. I think the style and sincerity of performance mirrored the fact that all of my tracks are written for a reason and sparked by quite intense life changing events behind the scenes, you couldn't write it or maybe I could ! 
Personal choices at the moment are the opener Can't Erase The Memory, I Can and of course the single The Perfect Storm. 

Twelfth album ‘Heart Of Blue’, is completed and recently released  September 6th 2024. It's been a while (for me) in the making and each track just builds on the last. The themes of resilience, belief and positivity remain and the music continues to be guitar driven and punchy with hooks and catchy melodies.  

Album 13 is entitled 'Every Time' and is released to all platforms on June 12th. To come so quickly after 'Heart Of Blue' says a lot about the inspiration and creative drive. Themes of resilience, perseverance, hope and love, dominate in what I believe is my most cognitive and mature album yet, see what you think.
 
I'm thankful the creativity continues. The fact the writing and playing still excites and intrigues is a bonus! Where there's a story to tell and a melody to be heard the last song is always my drug for the next, 13 albums in it's not abating anytime soon. 
NickG

Looking For Something.WAV

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