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Yearly Archives: 2009
On Sketches of Spain
I heard this today.
“One thing is to fall in love with a woman. Another thing is to fall in love with life. A woman might leave you. Life would never leave you. Because you can drop the body, but you can come back again, and you’re still… Life is eternal, forever. So, you know, to me, Sketches of Spain is that kind of eternal romance.”
The song “Trumpet Guitars” (from [cref mmix-2009-the-new-album mMix]) was originally called, “Post Sketches of Spain.” I’d had a beautiful first evening with a singer/actress. We played standards read from my first “Real Book” and laughed ourselves silly. (Yes, I know, not so rock ‘n’ rock.) Then we put on that album, Sketches of Spain, with Miles’ trumpet playing the guitar lines from Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez.” The rest is in the song. The woman is no longer in my life, but the album is eternal.
You can hear “Trumpet Guitars” using the MMIX Player in the right column.
New Additions – and More Downloads
I’ve added a couple things to the site. Well, first is actually just a sale for the holidays. I’ve made my CDs. MMIX, Living Room, and Adjusted Expectations available for $10/ea.
I also have set up a place for the Custom Songs work that I do right here on the site, rather than exclusively on Gift-of-Song.com. The new home for the custom songs has a much easier questionnaire to get your project started. It’s been a joy to create these songs for people and I hope you’ll be interested in hearing them. It’s a great way to give an extraordinarily unique and personal gift, while also supporting yours truly.
Check out the Custom Songs link in the right hand column to find out more and listen to the songs.
Also I have a digital collection of all of my releases for sale here – MMIX, Adjusted Expectations, The Peace E.P., Arrogance Procrastination Fear Humility, Living Room, Distil, and Suicide or Celebration? – available for $50. Also Distil and Suicide or Celebration? are available as individual album downloads on the shop page.
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