Big 140 bpm latin-inflected dance number, based around a monster piano vamp. This is a sequel of sorts to "Latin Thing" from my 2013 (?) FAWM album, which used a similarly jumpy piano left hand part to inject a huge amount of energy into the piece. (You can hear the same device on the Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life", and probably assorted Carlos Santana records).

Given the piano riff, I wasn't sure whether to attempt to turn this into some sort of old-school house record. In the end I went my usual instrumental route of using a guitar melody with traditional band drum and bass parts.

The guitar lines are a bit disappointing -- I basically just improvised them. They meander around without much of a sense of their function in the wider piece of music. Given the energy in the piano section, I knew the track was going to need to take a serious breather at some point, so the bass solo two-thirds of the way through was always on the cards. I didn't really make a great job of that, either.

Oh well. I like the energy in this a lot.

Latin Thing II (FAWM 2022)

Hope arises from almost nothing. From the gentle movement of a blade of grass, from the caress of a sunbeam, from a kind word... Hope is always with us. He stands closer, like a loved one. It literally lines the contours of our body. It is our second self! It always stands firmly on its feet, and as long as we believe in it, it will never leave us. Its task is to protect our soul from falling into darkness and hopelessness. It supports us and keeps us afloat. Don't let anyone in the world take away your hope! Don't stop believing because that's the only space he can be here with us. He never leaves us and lives a few seconds longer than us...

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Close Your Mind And Open Up The Rest

One of the true pleasures of living in a northern country is the occasional feeling of the warmth of the winter sun on your face. There's a word for this --apricity. A brief burst of apricity warms both the body and the spirit.

Apricity

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If Anything Else Fails | Netrunner RnB

The result is a comical song.
The clean and thick sound with Korg MonoPoly sounds pleasant. Also note the female and male vocals.

Game of Love

Higher Calling is a rock ballad written to a friend who couldn't see beyond his drug addiction and what could be possible in the future. Recorded at Starr Ridge Studios in Brewster, N.Y. with David Powers on guitar. Here is the link to buy this song on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1186502156?ls=1&app=itunes

Latin Thing II (FAWM 2022)

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