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Song 6 for 50/90 2012, and it feels like the archetypal “oh no, I’m ‘due’ another song today” creation! The immediate inspiration is the dismal and rain-sodden conditions we’ve been enduring in England almost without a break since the end of March (exceptional even by this country’s standards), and the “grin-and-bear-it” spirit we seem to have a reputation for in some quarters...

There are also a number of “firsts” with this song. It’s the first to feature (and was largely written with) my new Yamaha Guitalele, and my first demo to be recorded entirely on my iPod Touch using GarageBand. I don’t have an outboard mike or audio interface for the iPT, so this was done entirely with the built-in microphone - not exactly high-fidelity, but more than good enough for our purposes here.

Tech stuff: I programmed the rhythmbox loop in FunkBox and transferred it into GarageBand as a loop. There are two tracks of guitalele, a vocal (plus harmony in one place), and organ and bass parts done in GB. The song was mixed on the iPT and exported to the Mac for final trimming, normalising, etc. before uploading.

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Dashing out between the showers
If I miss one, the next will be here soon
So goes the afternoon
When every drop releases colours
Chase away the unrelenting grey
To come back another day

And blessings come in bits and showers
With puddles there for jumping in
Wellies on, and take a leap with me

As we grow, we soon forget
Or maybe fear of getting wet
The simple fun of playing in the rain

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from 50​-​90​-​2012 Vol. 1, released August 27, 2012
TA Walker - guitaleles, vocals, GarageBand programming

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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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