Yes, in a poor attempt to hide the fact that I haven’t written any new music since 1974, I have once more plunged into the back catalogue in search of another “yes, very nice, but…” tune.
The latest victim is a solo acoustic guitar piece called “Winter Thames Sunset”, inspired by… well, have a guess! The first version (from about four years ago) was for a Guitarist Collective task, so I probably made it in a hurry. Whatever, I just wasn’t satisfied with the sound of my guitar, which admittedly doesn’t really lend itself to this sort of sensitive fingerpicking, being better suited to chunky strumming or single-note lead playing.
Refusing to give in, I experimented with microphone positioning and EQ and recorded a better version. It’s still a long way from what I want, but it’s a lot better. You can listen to it with a feeling of community spirit on my Myspace, or in better quality mp3 form here…
Lovely stuff, Adrian. Reminds me of Robbie McIntosh ;).