Just Drive
So, this track is a good example of a positive outcome coming, obliquely, from an apparently negative event. I was on a business trip to Tokyo in December 2012, and thoroughly looking forward to getting back to the relative sanity of Singapore. On my final day in...
On Parting
Fast forward to Feb 2013; nearly two years had passed since I'd finished a track, and this was to be a complete departure from what had gone before. I decided to create a classic, pared-down "singer/songwriter" track with only acoustic guitar and voice (although...
Itsumademo Akiramezu (Never Give Up)
I recall listening to my completed mix of "November End" on the Narita airport limousine bus that took me into Tokyo, early one morning (after an overnight flight) at the beginning of March 2011. I was to work there for a couple of weeks to start up an important...
November End
#5 (and effectively final) track in the "Resolution" series, this took me a little longer than the month I'd committed to, as it was finished in Feb 2011 (rather than the planned Dec 2010 completion date). But, I'll forgive myself. The melodic heart of the track is...
Saigon Memory
#4 in the "resolution" series, this track was created in November 2010, and was the first of several which made use of the wonderful Omnisphere synthesiser module. The preset sound I make use of primarily in the track (for both the lead and bass lines) is called...
Finding Faces in Clouds
#3 of the 5 tracks in my “resolution” series, “Finding Faces in Clouds” was created in October 2010, and, after the entirely electronic nature of the previous track, I was determined to get a "real" guitar involved. So, I used my Linda Manzer handmade acoustic guitar...