TIME FOR ANOTHER AMBIENT PIECE…

I was always a “go with the flow” person, which doesn’t sit too well with others. Some prefer to fly by the seat of their pants. Others are very calculating and cunning. I’m neither.

Which explains why I am seen as “quirky” and “eccentric” to some.

Fine with me.

Anyway, I recorded some ambient tracks last year, didn’t put too much thought into them outside of “Well these are nice” and let them simmer on the sidelines. But my world is changing, my heart is pulling me elsewhere. Will I go back to heavier music? Am sure of that. For now, I am going with the flow, whether you agree with it or not.

I released “Strangers Again” last month and reception for that was better than my last album! That to me spoke volumes. I get that as we age, we tend to mellow. I really don’t want to go down the Yanni path (no disrespect to him) and be this new age type musician. If that’s going to be my path, even if temporary, then I will follow it. No sense fighting things.

I’ve been distancing myself from the “scene” around here, as I was never truly welcomed. Reminds me of being back in high school where I wasn’t cool/metal enough or whatever. I still love heavy music, but when it doesn’t love back, what do I do? I go where the muse takes me. If I’m going to be excluded, I may as well do it myself so I don’t feel like “Wow, nobody wants me around.”

Hence this new piece called “God’s Camera” (title inspired by the famous photo from NASA that I think is called “Eye Of God”). I’m not religious by any means, but I do believe in the Big Guy Upstairs. I wrote and recorded this piece on September 14 last year, a few days before my newest album came out. Which, right there, should tell you something.

It spoke to me VERY loud and clear.

And to add more shock and awe, I “played” synth pads for the first time ever. I have had others help me with that on previous works. But after I recorded this, I shelved it. Brought it back out of hiding, and thought “It needs something…but what?” I found synth patches on BandLab, then came across “choir” sounds. Hey, it worked, right? I’m no Keith Emerson (even though we shared the same birthday) but my hunt-and-peck playing did the trick.

I hope you all get to check the song out on the MUSIC page here or Bandcamp. It should be on other streaming sites soon.

I may or may not have one more tune like this up my sleeve…

I’m not saying goodbye to metal, just the gatekeepers.