Monday 13 July 2009

My Uncle Joe sent me a video!

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The song is called “Lullaby”, and he wrote it just for me!

I hope Uncle Joe doesn't mind me posting this nice video and the description he wrote. :-)


A word about the music and the video: I have not written any music in quite some time. I wrote a bunch of stuff years ago, but I have had neither the time nor motivation in the last decade to lay down any new tracks. However, last year, when I heard of your pregnancy, I began to feel inspired. I was flooded with thoughts of you two as parents, and how you might be with your new child. Inevitably, my mind drifted to our childhood and to Dad, and I thought of how he might have been with us even before the age where we could form permanent memory. It inspired me to write the piece which underscores the first half of the included video. It is titled “Lullaby” and is so named because of the initial base line. I pictured Dad humming these four simple descending notes to us over and over as we lay on his hairy chest in an effort to get us to sleep. On the track, I played guitar and bass, and used instruments from Garage Band to do the rest (drums, Hammond B3, sax, tambourine, effects). My guitar is a bit out of tune, but I make no apologies. I enjoyed thinking of you two, of your developing baby, and of Dad when I wrote it. And I was pleased with the result, simple as it is.

The second tune you should recognize: The video is a simple compilation of several events, people, and critters from our last few years. It is meant as cross-the-pond sharing, and as a celebration of families and children and of Julia’s arrival.
 

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