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I don’t know how you got here… Maybe you were bored of Facebook or clicked on the link by mistake? Welcome…<\/p>\n
it is hard to understand why I keep producing music. The creative drive doesn’t seem to switch off, and somehow forces me to express life, from personal challenges and thoughts to social commentary.
Maybe it’s because I’ve had a weird trip or because I fell on my head a lot as a child.
I do derive a lot of pleasure from creating in the studio. It’s my little atoll of creative freedom.<\/p>\n
In my typical “go against the flow”, I have created something of a concept Album. Something where all the tracks links into each other in sounds and sometimes lyrically. In a world of 1 minute videos, Instagram (about a half a second per photograph) and attention span directly related to the speed at which you swipe your social media feed, it’s not bound to get a lot of attention.
Again, it makes me smile and that is enough. If you made it this far, you are some kind of freak …
At some stage I will load up the continuous file and possibly create some images with it.
I am of the opinion that creations have a life of their own, we are merely the medium through which the energy expresses itself. But I digress and you are losing interest.<\/p>\n
This ongoing project has involved a few key people which I will thank as each song gets uploaded, but one person needs to be singled out. Shaun Johannes<\/strong> is not only a very talented Bass player \/ Musician in Cape Town but also a dear friend who not only gave up his valuable time, studio<\/a> and equipment to this project but also motivated me to actually finish it and do it better. “Shaun, besides all the tips, gear, and time, thanks for pushing me, I am forever grateful, even if no one ever hears all this”<\/p>\n I doubt wether anyone will take any notice of these ramblings, much less of possibly the most uncommercial music I have created to date. I don’t need the recognition or any kind of acclaim. It is not my drug. If you got this far, try and enjoy it or swipe on:<\/p>\n We are all born into a reality which we don’t chose (at least not consciously). Often we become judgemental of others and lose the ability to put ourselves into other people’s shoes. Children have way more compassion than adults then lose it. “It could have been you” is about humanity and how realities can result in you being a beggar, a king, a protester, a religious freak, a killer or a dead person and how we tend to lose the ability to look at everything with an open mind and heart especially with the constant onslaught of twisted information. (that was a mouthful!)<\/p>\n I don’t normally like to explain my lyrics but thought in this case it might shed a little more light on some of the stronger words. It is driven by the belief that humanity’s only hope is for it to become consciously and spiritually responsible not only as individuals but also as a collective. That, and giving up greed… Heinrich Goosen (after being subjected to months of spandex) played the drums recorded at Mahoganny Studios<\/a> in Cape TownIt could have been you<\/h2>\n
The song started as a serious slow track which then got jived up and then thrown into the realms of Reggae and ska without actually becoming it. Some work at Shaun’s studio made it evolve to what it is now.<\/p>\n
Shaun Johannes played bass and some of the keyboard lines
Emile Gerber pulled in for a few hours and played some of the rhythm guitar and the little riff.
Donovan Hatting did the shredding guitar work and solo.<\/p>\n<\/div>