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Recorded at Chillhouse Recording Studio with Will Holland.
Art mine.

(In)Sane

Anxiety Building Until Stillness And A Sigh of Relief

Been through all the ups and downs , but now we're looking down From Higher Ground . Hope you like this ! On the 1st of Feb' I'll be releasing a Country Rock song with a great Sax player , Greg Willis , you'll see him pop up quite a bit on future tracks . On the 8th me and Charlotte are back with a fab ballad , again with Greg ! Gaz and I have nearly finished our new one as well , there's a lot going on , I'd rather be busy than not ! Thank you for listening , liking and reposting !

From Higher Ground

It's all about constant change, both in life and in music. As for the music, the original goal was to make use of panning to illustrate the "walking on by" at the beginning and end of the song. The second phase was creating a fuller sound without having various parts drowned out, or in some way, channel my inner Phil Spector.

The finale is the sound of footsteps walking by and then the shutting of the door as the song ends. End of a relationship. End of the song.

Maybe the best relationship advise I can give is: if you love someone, set them free ... don't quote me, quote Sting. :-) This is sort of my "resigned to my fate" version. I've been on both sides of that fence. I've walked away knowing it wasn't going to work out (long term). Sadly, I've been on the other side knowing the pain of love lost. But in the end, I didn't really lose anything that was mine to lose. I could go on and talk about how a true love is neither possessive nor jealous but hopefully, the song makes that point clear.

Original Mix using Reaper v4.x
Remix using Reaper v7.x
VSTs:
- Voxengo OldSchoolReverb
- Blue Cat Chorus
- FocusRite Red 3 Compressor
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Footstep Sound FX courtesy of freesfx.co.uk
Drum sound bytes courtesy of Free Studio Drum Sounds and 9th Wonder Kit

Just Walk On By
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Just walk -- walk on by
No need to tell me another lie
Keep it to yourself (I tell you)
Just walk on by ...

That's what I said -- keep on walking
You don't need to do any more talking
What you say just don't matter
Just walk on by ...

[Solo]

You say that you love me, ain't that right?
So where were you all last night?
He he! That really don't matter
Just walk on by ...

So many years, I've been holding on
Now you don't want to say: "So long."
Well, you know I hate long good byes, so
Just walk on by ...

[final solo]

[footsteps as she leaves and shuts the door
thus closure to the song and the relationship]

... you know I hate long good byes.

:: Words and music copyright Rick Engler

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