Series 2 continues with our second Movie Special – HELP! See how it stacks up against last week’s look at A Hard Days Night – which will come out on top?
It is very likely that we won’t be back next week with Magical Mystery Tour due to the extra time it is taking to write and record these episodes, so please keep an eye on our socials for the next episode (@Big_Sort on Twitter and Instagram).
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Hello! I am pleased to announce the release of my latest song in my song-a-month-athon for 2022: ‘Lost In Each Other’!
You can also hear this on these popular streaming services:
I am very happy with this one. It again features my new Faith 12 string, along with my Takamine G Series 6 string, cajon, percussion, bass and vocals. I’m particularity happy with the phased backing vocal harmonies in the bridges.
These are perhaps some of the most interesting chord sequences I’ve found and worked up in a long time – they just seemed to suggest themselves as I was composing it, a natural progression but with lots of augmentations and suspensions.
Lyrically, it’s quite a straight forward love song, but why not, eh?
I hope you enjoy and take a listen. If you do, please share on your socials and in the real world. This song is one that I will hopefully soon be playing live again with a friend, so one day you may actually be able to watch me perform!
Thanks
Garry
Series 2 continues with our first Movie Special – A Hard Day’s Night! Once again we have a new rating system, just for this short run of episodes!
Episode 56 – A Hard Day’s Night Movie
We should hopefully be back next week with Help! Though these episodes take a little longer to write, record and Edit, so may be in a fortnight – check our socials (@Big_Sort on Twitter and Instagram) for updates.
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Series 2 continues with ‘Live at the BBC – Volume 2, Disc 2’, where we are taking 5 songs from each of the 4 discs that make up the Live at the BBC Volumes 1 and 2 albums. We even have a new rating system, just for this short run of episodes!
https://anchor.fm/garry-abbott/episodes/Episode-55-Live-at-the-BBC-Vol-2-Disc-2-e1ej28v
We should hopefully be back next week, or at least soon, with the first of the episodes looking at the Beatles Movies!
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Series 2 continues with ‘Live at the BBC – Volume 2, Disc 1’, where we are taking 5 songs from each of the 4 discs that make up the Live at the BBC Volumes 1 and 2 albums. We even have a new rating system, just for this short run of episodes!
Series 2, Episode 12, is here! Series 2 Episode 11
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Series 2 continues with ‘Live at the BBC – Volume 1, Disc 2’, where we are taking 5 songs from each of the 4 discs that make up the Live at the BBC Volumes 1 and 2 albums. We even have a new rating system, just for this short run of episodes!
Series 2, Episode 10, is here! Series 2 Episode 10
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Series 2 continues with ‘Live at the BBC – Volume 1, Disc 1’, where we are taking 5 songs from each of the 4 discs that make up the Live at the BBC Volumes 1 and 2 albums. We even have a new rating system, just for this short run of episodes!
Series 2, Episode 9, is here! Series 2 Episode 9
I also have a new single out – you can hear it here on Spotify or Apple!
Thanks as always.
Garry
Here is my February release for 2022 (a year in which I am attempting to release a song a month) – ‘Kings of Nothing’. Below the video is a bit more info about the song and links to other platforms:
‘Kings of Nothing’ was written in the winter of 2021 after I’d been listening to a news item about the state of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of troops and how no one wins and the ‘victors’, whoever they are, are left presiding over misery.
The music emerged from a riff played on my new ‘Faith’ 12 string, which seemed to elevate the fairly simple open string picking with moving bass note to a new level, and create resonance that flowed into the chorus changes and seemed to build up throughout. Because of this gradual crescendo through the verses and choruses, I have opted for an ‘electronic’ drum kit to cut through the mix, with the addition of live percussion to layer this up later in the song (Djembe).
This song is also the first to feature one of my favorite music toys, the Otamatone:
I’ve had this toy for years, but never found the right moment until now! You can hear it in the repeated chorus towards the end of the song, crying out over the madness!
This song also features the use of my new acoustic bass, doubled up from a direct input and microphone – allowing me to blend the deeper rounded tones of the DI, with the top end rhythmic fret and plec sounds.
I’m happy with how it turned out and looking forward to hopefully playing this live later this year in the new duet I am currently rehearsing with – the live version of this is sounding great!
Here are some more links to find this in the major places, but you can also find this on most platforms:
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/kings-of-nothing/1602014933?i=1602014934
Now we have finished the run of ‘Songs They Gave Away’ we are having a little break before coming back with the ‘Live At The BBC’ sessions and the movies!
In the meantime, here is a bonus episode recorded at our mam’s house on Boxing Day 2021 – a general ramble based on some listener questions about the Get Back documentary. Hope you enjoy! Sorry that the sound quality is slightly tinny – we are using a portable recorder.
I also have a new single out for January 2022 – ‘Rusty Old World’! All the links are here:
Thanks as always.
Garry
My new song, Rusty Old World came out today. You can find the lyrics and all the major links for it below. I would love it if you would support my music by having a listen and liking, sharing, rating, reviewing – whatever you feel you can do.
This song was born out of something my 4 year old daughter said – she was playing some imaginary game in the back of the car and said something about ‘This Rusty Old World’, so, I had that.
The rest of the lyrics follow as a kind of a warning against a dystopian, synthetic future, where all our worst fears have come true, and the materials of the industrial and technological age are turning to dust.
This fairly epic theme lent itself to a suitably rousing musical style – so I went with a country, folk foreboding pathos, kind of thing – attempting in my own small way to conjure up that ‘Riders on the Storm’ kind of feeling. This gave me a good opportunity to use my new Faith 12 string, Stagg acoustic bass, and even bust out a bit of harmonica!
I hope you enjoy.
Rusty Old World
I don’t want to live in this rusty old world,
Where the wheels keep on turning and we are the oil,
No I don’t want to live in this rusty old world.
Sunlight can’t shine
Through oxidised skies
The Warmth can not reach,
Metal and minds.
Clouded by memories,
Of simpler times.
Falling to pieces,
Now dust in our eyes,
I don’t want to live in this dusty old world,
Where the earth’s good for nothing, it’s what we deserve
No I don’t want to live in this dusty old world.
Waters will rise,
Faster than our tempers.
The world will sink down
To no ones surprise
Will we be safe and dry?
Inside our computers?
Never again,
To open our eyes.
I don’t want to live in this silicon world
Where the people are plastic and so are our souls,
No I don’t want to live in this silicon world.
Can love survive,
Through six inches of steel?
Is there anything left
That we recognise?
Will the future provide?
What we all need to feel?
Not just numbers on screens.
That feeling inside.
I don’t want to live in this rusty old world,
Where the wheels keep on turning and we are the oil,
No I don’t want to live in this rusty old world.
No I don’t want to live in this dusty old world.
No I don’t want to live in this silicon world.
No I don’t want to live…
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