In a moment of marvelous distraction from what's going on in the outer world, I scheduled the release of my newest song, Science Fiction World, for today -- the day after a momentous election, upon which almost everyone's attention has been hyper-focused (including mine).
I just overlooked the significance of November 8th on the calendar, and didn't consider whether people would want to listen to a new song, and see a new video, the day after the election! Fortunately, though, it's a relatively calm morning after, so we'll continue on with life as usual, and hope for the best.
Anyway, I'm very excited about this new song and video release. The song has a particular retro sound from the psychedelic rock era of the late 1960s I haven't tried to create before, and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. If you haven't seen it (and would like to), just click on the link on the right column of this blog (at the bottom) for my YouTube Channel. The video is a lyric video, and it's a little more abstract than most of my other music videos, but it is very colorful.
I wrote the lyrics and music, and I played all of the guitar parts, except one short but tasteful guitar part Matt Taylor added during the bridge. I sang the nominal lead vocal too, but for the first time I have other strong voices joining mine: my multi-talented recording engineer and friend Matt Taylor (who also produced the song, as well as mixing and mastering it), plus Karyn Michaelson, a very talented local Seattle singer-songwriter and musician with her own solo recordings.
In his role as producer, Matt also recruited two friends to add instrumental parts, Tim Delaney (electric bass) and Rich Rowlinson (piano). I'm very grateful to all four of these fine musicians for their contributions to this song. It was just so much fun to work for the first time with other musicians (in addition to Matt, who's contributed drum parts on all my songs), and all together, I think it makes for an exciting and rich sound.
By the way, in addition to the music video on YouTube, the Science Fiction World song is also available now on all the music streaming services, along with all my other songs.
One other musical note for the near future: even though I've released two singles already this fall, I have yet another song finished which is scheduled for release on November 22nd. It's called I'm Watching You. It too has a totally different style from any of my previous songs, with an island lilt and a story of love and family which will arrive just in time for Thanksgiving. I haven't announced this release anywhere else, so you heard it here first.
Enjoy, and I'll be back soon with more reviews!
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