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So far, overall, FAWM 2016 feels to me to have progressed “better” (whatever that may mean) than those in previous years. Granted, I’ve slipped behind schedule once or twice, but in general I feel at least that what I’ve eventually created, has been of a reasonable standard.

I’ll content myself by saying that song 10 here, was by far the toughest one to birth, of all the pieces I’ve worked on so far this year, especially with the lyrics. That being said, in the end I think the song came together passably well...

Recorded in Multitrack DAW for iPad, via a Line6 Sonic Port VX, and mixed in Logic Pro X on the Mac. I resisted the temptation to overdub much on this one, keeping it to acoustic guitars (Faith Saturn 6-string and Seagull S12 12-string), and a bit of “organ” courtesy of Yonac Galileo (iPad).

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Now I remember I heard you say
These opportunities don’t come around every day
Don’t miss a prize you’ll then regret
Let them land and then swipe them up in your net
Some you will find, may come easily
Others will leave you barking up a tree
Across the road from where you should
Be looking for the trees amid the wood

Running on the spot
Or maybe in a wheel
The times you make progress
May come when that’s not what you feel

And we know times when the treadmill stopped
And to the floor you saw me skip and drop
But we know too, it’s exactly then
To gather self and to stumble up again
We have a marathon to run
Today, the gym, tomorrow, in the sun
This view is not necessarily
The one before us, that we will always see

Running on the spot…

Now I remember I heard you say
These opportunities don’t come around every day
The time will come, you’ll hit your stride
And find the strength you thought you lacked inside
Then far ahead, the goal awaits
And now we start, for we’re still not too late
And when our hearts race fit to burst
Remember we don’t have to come in first

Running on the spot...

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from Blackbirds Banquet: Songs From FAWM 2016, released March 7, 2016
TA Walker: vocals, acoustic guitars, organ

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TA Walker UK

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

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