Or Maybe Not...? by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.   

Performers:
George: guitar, Plank, keys, synths, percussion
Dave: drums

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Everything else recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* Or Maybe Not…? is a piece about maximum uncertainty, the ending of one thing and the beginning of the next.
* It is about fears and insecurities, and the notion that perhaps we never really know each other very well at all.
* Or is it?
* This piece is also about self delusion, believing in something that was never there to begin with.
* Sometimes one can delude oneself into belieiving what one wants to believe, rather than what is real.
* If this tune were a spread of three Tarot cards, it would be The Blasted Tower, the Nine of Swords and the Ten of Swords.
* Or Maybe Not…? can be a challenging piece on guitar in a stretchy kind of way.
* There are some chords that require 5-fingers, with the thumb holding down the hi-E string.
* The original seed of inspiration came from when George wondered if he could make something pleasant out of a dischordant chord using context.
* He played a simple C on the nut and slid it up one fret for some classic tyro yuckiness.
* You first hear this chord in bars 2 and 4.
* This piece was played on the Ice Maiden, using the neck pickup.
* The Plank was heavily compressed and the part was recorded at around 10am after an all night session working on the MIDI parts.
* The key is D minor, which is the saddest of all keys, according to Nigel Tufnell.
* The tempo is a steady 120 BPM.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/or-maybe-not

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/or-maybe-not
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

At Least 1000 Words

Or Maybe Not...?

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Flicker: Or Maybe Not...?

Walter Mmari is an independent artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa, composing ambient and electronic music since the early 2000s. Walter Mmari blends neo-classical works with elements of post-rock, new age, meditation and electronic music. Walter has also branched out into film and television soundtracks earning placements in independent productions. 

In Walter's own words:
In our modern age of constant distraction, I believe in the healing power of music. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Music is to the soul what words are to the mind and with these instrumental pieces I hope to take you all on a journey of introspection. Take a moment each day to listen to some calm music, to spend time with yourself, to remember who you are, to discover why you are here, and to set a course to become the best version of yourself. Music is the true bread of life. We are all angels in transit in this place we call Home.

I would like to thank you all for your continued support.

All of my music is also available for streaming at most online music services (Deezer, Itunes, Tidal, Spotify etc)

All of my music is also available for licensing, please contact me with any requests via Soundcloud.

thank you for listening to my tracks!

all music is recorded live in "one take".

music is music is music.
dust never accumulates on it.
an art of forming air just for the time it sounds.
one more reason why to love music.

Some people are interested in the following:

The gear I used for creating my tracks.

Sequencers:
Arturia Keystep
Arturia Beatstep Pro
Nord Drum2 App
Mothers built in sequencers

Drums:
Vermona DRM1 MK3
Nord Drum2

Synthesizers:
Moog Sub37 (till March 2020)
Moog Minitaur
2x Moog Mother32
Vermona Perfourmer MK2 (till March 2020)
Nordlead A1
Waldorf Streichfett

Eurorack 48TE Case with:
ALM Beast´s Chalkboard
Erica Synth Pico OSC
Doepfer A-106 SEM VCF
Pittsburgh Modular LFO2
Doepfer A-180 Mutliples
Doepfer A-140 ADSR 
Doepfer A-132-3 DVCA 
Doepfer A-183-1 Dual Attenuator
Erica Synth pico Output

Saxophones:
Tenor - Migma Meister Martin Reiner
Tenor - Yanagisawa T-WO20 (since 2020)
Sopran - Schagerl 66F

Effects:
Lexicon MX200
Moog MF Delay
Korg Kaoss Pad
EHX V256
Roland VT-3
TC-Electronic Arena Reverb
SPL Vitalizer Mk2-T

Mixer:
since April 2018
Soundcraft GB4 32+2

(till April 2018: Mackie 1202-VLZ3 +
Allen&Heath Z14)

MIDI Master Clock:
midiclock

Looper:
Ditto X4

Recorder:
Roland R-05 at 96khz/24bit
since May 2018: Tascam DA-3000 at 96khz/24bit

Software used in Postproduction:
MicroWave for macOS


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ACTIVE ARTISTS:
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A full time, freelance children's book illustrator, introduced to Magix music making software in January 2014.  Haven't been near music production since school about a hundred years ago.  Can't play a note, and sing like a drain unblocking - Hence any music I may eventually have the nerve to upload is all created using midi/vst instruments playing compositions created in the piano roll editor.   The Magix forum dedicated to music production is the only place to suffer my creations so far.  Didn't realise it could be so much fun though.  Woohoo.

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