We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

about

Song 5 is the kind of idea I might not "run" with, outside a challenge like FAWM, but here seems as good an excuse as any!

This song, like "The 90s Called", partly comes out of my experimenting with Garageband/iOS' new Drummer feature (in fact, a "port" of the facility in Logic Pro . This song features "Mason", the "Americana"-style sticksperson of the group. I feel "he" plays remarkably like one of my favourite drummers: the late member of The Band, who in a manner of speaking, lends his name (and perhaps a bit more) to this song...

I laid down "Mason"'s drums, as well as the bass and electric piano tracks, using Garageband's "smart" instruments. The latter two parts have remained in the final demo, as I thought they sounded quite Band-like - both got re-voiced when the project ended up in Logic Pro X. I also added organ (the iPad app Galileo) and recorded vocals and electric guitars (Ministar Testar), before moving the lot to Logic for mixing.

In case anyone wondered: the "verse" vocals were treated with iZotope Vinyl, to give them a crackly, lo-fi effect.

lyrics

[verse 1]
They call me Mark the helmsman
I guess that that’s my name
I guide this tub the river long
And sail it back again
Stop long enough to fill this flask
And it might last the journey back
‘Bout cargo, don’t ask a thing
Some things are best unknown

[chorus]
Just leavin’ the helmsman
To pilot through the river foam
Just trust in the helmsman
He’ll steer your course for home

[verse 2]
Ain’t never looked for trouble
And I’m too broke to rob
You’ll never catch me fishin’
The river’s just a job
I’m not the type to wash ashore
Up Cripple Creek without an oar
No man of words, but sometimes plans
Perhaps that’s just as well

[bridge]
No wish for a change of scene
‘Cos this is all I know
I measure days in plumblines
Enough to last a lifetime

credits

from Blackbirds Banquet: Songs From FAWM 2016, released March 7, 2016
"Mason" - drums
TA Walker: vocals, electric guitars, organ, Garageband (electric piano and bass)

license

tags

about

TA Walker image

TA Walker UK

Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.

Um... will that do?

contact / help

Contact TA Walker

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

TA Walker recommends:

If you like TA Walker, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now