This year I’m aiming to release a new song every Sunday (well, mostly new songs. There’ll also be live tracks, new versions of old songs etc.).
Here’s number 4, a return to the steampunk themes I wrote about for my first 2 albums. It’s called Mother’s Been Talking To Ghosts Again.
Another weekend, and the second of my 52 Things.
(Here’s a link to 52 Things #1 – Without your Hand)
What’s that? My new year’s resolution is to release a new musical thing every weekend this year. Mostly this’ll be new songs, but the occasional live track or video might turn up as well.
Papercut is a song I’ve had knocking about for a couple of years that I have finally got round to finishing.
I wrote a couple of posts about the process of composing this tune.
New year, New goals
I spent the latter half of last year toying with various songs but getting little finished. I have resolved to remedy this by releasing a new ‘thing’ every Sunday this year – hence ’52 things’.
Mostly I’ll be releasing new songs, but sometimes there will be live recordings, demos from the FAWM challenge and things of that ilk.
Yes, I realise this might be quite a challenge – 52 new pieces of work, whether new songs or live tracks, is a big ask. However, this will force me to complete all the half finished tracks I have sitting on the harddrive and in notebooks.
52 Things #1 – Without Your Hand
Without Your Hand is a song I originally wrote for the 5090 challenge last year. It’s the first from a new 5 track EP called ‘Papercuts Sunlight Snow‘ tracks from which will form some of the first ’52 Things’.
To accompany G.D Falksen’s most excellent book ‘Blood in the Skies‘ several steampunk musicians have collaborated to create a steampunk soundtrack.
I have a song on it!
Here’s a link to a buzzfeed page that tell you all about the artists on the two cds.
And here’s a youtube vid of the song that I have contributed. This isn’t exactly the same mix as on the CD – the lead guitars have been redone and I’ve remixed it. However, it gives you a fair approximation.
What do I think works in this song? I like the instrumental section and how I foreshadow after the first chorus. I also like the busy intro that also repeats after the solos and the fact that the song doesn’t stick to one mood and feeling for the whole time, but instead switches between two.
Anyway, if you want more steampunky goodness for the new year, click here to see what’s on the soundtrack.
