Electronic, Jazz (2023)
This one was a mammoth solo project for me.
A concept in the organization of this album is to represent growth through the lyrical tracks by trying to show a growing and less neurotic mindset, and more accepting viewpoint, as the album develops, with “Under the Stars, In Front of The Fire” displaying a somewhat euphoric acceptance at the end.
On that note, I’ll add that All I Can See is the topical centrepiece for the album.
Reaching enlightenment and meeting ones goals does not guarantee happiness; engagement and meaning in life is something that must be maintained. You cannot rest atop a summit.
This was also something I wanted to do, having the Jazz and Electronic styles be a more prevalent force and dictating the feel of the album. Some of these tracks were mostly finished a while ago, and were difficult to polish up to standard, but I knew their place was on this record.
Huge shoutout goes to Laura for giving me a bass guitar! Certainly, it was the spark that lit the fire here because that’s when I began tracking takes.
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Hi Billy,
You’re coming across as very “Canterbury Sound” crossed with “Krautrock” which, given one of my favourite bands of all time are “Caravan” and I love Krautrock, is not a bad thing.
I don’t understand your use of this site over Bandcamp, where you could earn some money
Paul (Aleds Dad)
Hi Paul,
Fantastic to hear from you. Nice to be compared to those styles which I feel I am moving towards more in my listening and playing, coming from being more punk/metal inspired originally.
Bandcamp might provide its own search engine, but I wasn’t getting much traction there without doing any promotion anyway, and if I’m going to do that I could do it for this site. It also feels nice to own the site.
The 20% cut seems uneccessary for bandcamp as well; my Paypal is linked to the front page if people would like to support/encourage me, and it doesn’t feel right to lock any of the access to the music behind a paywall once it’s made.
Thanks for stopping by
Well, other than they didn’t have “glitch” drums back in the 70’s.