Hope Tala // Hope Handwritten 2xLP [PRE-ORDER]

Hope Tala // Hope Handwritten 2xLP [PRE-ORDER]

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イギリス出身アメリカ・LA在住のネオソウル作家Hope Talaが、2025年2月にイギリスのインディーレーベルPMR Recordsからリリースした2枚組レコードです。

透明感のある歌声が印象的なネオソウル〜R&B16曲を収録。

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2 x 12" black vinyl.
Releases Feb 28th.

Tracklist:

LP1 - Side A

Growing Pains (Prologue)

Jumping the Gun

Lights Camera Action

Magic or Medicine

LP1 - Side B

Breaking Isn’t What A Heart Is For

I Can’t Even Cry

Thank Goodness

Survival

LP2 - Side C

Phoenix

Fall Too Hard

Lose My Mind

Bad Love God

LP2 - Side D

A Story To Tell / Where I Begin

Miracle

Shiver

Heartbeat (the End)

Artist statement:

"Years in the making, at its crux my first album is concerned with the process of growing up. Exploring such themes as love, loss, depression, ancestry and friendship, the album marks my impulse to move as an artist and writer from the more whimsical, fun songs I have released thus far, that often centred my relationships with others, towards brutal introspection and vulnerability in which I bring my own life and sense of selfhood under the microscope."

Artist : Hope Tala

Label : PMR Records

CAT no : PMR223lp

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イギリス出身アメリカ・LA在住のネオソウル作家Hope Talaが、2025年2月にイギリスのインディーレーベルPMR Recordsからリリースした2枚組レコードです。

透明感のある歌声が印象的なネオソウル〜R&B16曲を収録。

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2 x 12" black vinyl.
Releases Feb 28th.

Tracklist:

LP1 - Side A

Growing Pains (Prologue)

Jumping the Gun

Lights Camera Action

Magic or Medicine

LP1 - Side B

Breaking Isn’t What A Heart Is For

I Can’t Even Cry

Thank Goodness

Survival

LP2 - Side C

Phoenix

Fall Too Hard

Lose My Mind

Bad Love God

LP2 - Side D

A Story To Tell / Where I Begin

Miracle

Shiver

Heartbeat (the End)

Artist statement:

Artist : Hope Tala

Label : PMR Records

CAT no : PMR223lp

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As a film major who was raised by community theater actors before taking up music as his main creative outlet, it’s evident that Cummings has grappled with this polarity in his own life (not to mention the perfect sense this makes out of Way Through’s filmic overtones). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePunctuating the cinematic heft, the decidedly uptempo midpoint ‘Damaged Goods’ bounces and strolls around Dorothea Pass’s doo-wop harmonies giving affirmation to anyone coming out of a troubled relationship, while the successive piece ‘Prior Times’ addresses those very relationships head-on. “Honestly, I was-- and am still-- very affected by romantic relationships I had before I met my wife,” Chris admits, explaining that the track “tells about a time when I was caught in an unhappy situation, looking back on happier times, and being hit with the painful realization that time doesn't go backwards.” With its understated Samba lilt, the song lands Cici Arthur closest to their aforementioned Jobim\/Gilberto target and serves as the stylistic centerpiece. The pensive and movielike ‘No Fight Or Flight (So Much Tenderness)’ brings the album to its finale over one of Owen Pallet’s verdant string arrangements, marking one of the fullest realizations of Joseph Shabason and Thom Gill’s production aspirations-- and likely reaching far beyond what Cummings ever imagined when his life completely changed a few long years ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack in 2020, newly careerless and grasping at an uncertain future in a world of uncertain futures, Chris found himself taking exploratory bike trips through nearby suburban areas he’d never been to before. His attempts to avoid the bustle of major roads would lead either to dead ends or completely new ways of seeing the geography of a city he’d lived in for decades, mirroring the joy and heartbreak of life’s circuitous path. “What good are dead ends when I’m looking through a way through,” he repeats on the album’s title track over the crest of a weary and sweet brass section. “When the miracle you’d hoped for never comes it’s hard to take, but it’s your fault for hoping.” For all of Way Through’s orchestral technicolor wonder, Cummings delivers refreshingly honest doses of realism about how dreams unfold across a lifetime.\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Cici Arthur\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Western Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCAT No : \u003cspan\u003eWV269lp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-13T09:58:48+09:00","created_at":"2025-02-13T09:50:13+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["folk \/ left-field pop","jazz","lp","new","recommended","western vinyl"],"price":368000,"price_min":368000,"price_max":368000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":47124846936314,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Cici Arthur \/\/ Way Through LP","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":368000,"weight":430,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"843563174999","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/a4258091974_10.jpg?v=1739408282"],"featured_image":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/a4258091974_10.jpg?v=1739408282","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":35564571066618,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/a4258091974_10.jpg?v=1739408282"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/a4258091974_10.jpg?v=1739408282","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eカナダ・トロントの音楽家Joseph ShabasonとThom Gill、Chris A. CummingsによるトリオCici Arthurが、2025年2月にアメリカの老舗レーベルWestern Vinylからリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eアダルト・ジャズポップ8曲を収録。歌詞インサート付属。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e以下、レーベルによる解説です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"何年も同じ地域に住んでいても、そのレイアウトに驚かされることがある。交通渋滞を避けようとしたり、週末の朝に時間をつぶしてぶらぶら歩いたりすると、子供の頃に住んでいた家の隠し部屋の夢のように、この地区の新しいポケットが現れて、目新しさと戸惑いが入り混じる。突然、見覚えのある十字路が現れると、数秒間は今までの新天地との折り合いがつかなくなる。角を曲がったところに古いランドマークが姿を現し、論理が戻ってくる。この数分間を見慣れない場所で過ごしたにもかかわらず、おそらくあなたは自分の住んでいる地域からほとんど出ていない。\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eトロントのミュージシャン、クリス・カミングス、ジョセフ・シャバソン、トム・ギルのCici Arthur名義によるコラボレーション・アルバム『Way Through』の背景には、このような道しるべがある。プロデューサー兼インストゥルメンタリストのシャバソンとギルは、カミングスのヴォーカルと作曲を披露する大規模なセットピースを作ろうと、彼らのブランドであるスマートで倒錯したアダルト・コンテンポラリーの美学を、アントニオ・カルロス・ジョビンのミッドセンチュリー・スリンクやフランク・シナトラのロマンティックな華やかさの近くに置いた。『Way Through』では、シャバソンのこれまでの事業の共同体精神をパノラマ的な高みへと導き、ドラムのフィル・メランソン（サム・ゲンデル、サム・アミドン、アンディ・シャウフ）や頻繁にコラボレートしているニコラス・クルゴヴィッチから、有名なアレンジャーでヴァイオリニストのオーウェン・パレットまでが参加し、30人編成のオーケストラを率いている。おそらく最も重要なのは、ヴォーカリストのドロシー・パスが、キャピトル・レコード全盛期のセッションにコア・トリオのテイクを融合させながら、ガラスのようなハーモニーを奏でることだろう。その結果は、ジョセフ・シャバソンの軌道上にある多くの音楽と同様で、人間らしさと脆弱さを中心点として回転し、その最も巨大な要素さえも手の届くところに心地よく配置されている。\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1628378330\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/wevi\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/wevi\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Western Vinyl releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. Way Through\u003cbr\u003e2. All So Incredible \u003cbr\u003e3. Cartwheels For Coins \u003cbr\u003e4. Stolen Joy\u003cbr\u003e5. Damaged Goods\u003cbr\u003e6. Prior Times\u003cbr\u003e7. Felt In An Instant\u003cbr\u003e8. No Fight Or Flight (So Much Tenderness) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWestern Vinyl:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Even after years of living in the same area, there can be mind-bending moments of revelation about its layout. An attempt to avoid traffic, or a time-killing meander on a weekend morning gives way to a mix of novelty and confusion as a new pocket of the district materializes like a dream about hidden rooms in a childhood home. Suddenly a recognizable cross street appears, and for a few seconds it’s hard to reconcile with all the new ground that was just covered. Just around the corner the old landmarks take shape, and logic returns. Despite spending the last several minutes in a seemingly unfamiliar place, perhaps you barely left your own neighborhood, if at all. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis kind of pathfinding lies behind the name Way Through, a collaborative album between Toronto musicians Chris Cummings, Joseph Shabason, and Thom Gill under the moniker Cici Arthur. Seeking to create large-scale setpieces to showcase Cummings’ vocals and writing, producer-instrumentalists Shabason and Gill have parked their brand of smartly subverted adult contemporary aesthetics near the mid-century slink of Antonio Carlos Jobim, or the romantic opulence of Frank Sinatra. Way Through takes the communal spirit of Shabason’s previous ventures to panoramic heights, featuring everyone from drummer Phil Melanson\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e (Sam Gendel, Sam Amidon, Andy Shauff) and frequent collaborator Nicholas Krgovich, to famed arranger and violinist Owen Pallet who helms an honest-to-God thirty-piece orchestra for the affair. Perhaps most importantly, vocalist Dorothea Pass winds glassy harmonies through all the moving parts, emulsifying the core trio’s take on a heyday Capitol Records session. The result is akin to so much music in Joseph Shabason’s orbit in that it spins around a centerpoint of humanness and vulnerability, placing even its most colossal elements comfortingly within arm’s reach. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe seeds of the album were sowed in 2020 when Chris Cummings lost his job of twenty years amid the COVID shockwaves. In his early fifties with his Plan A having lapsed, Chris found himself diving into full-time music creation for the first time in his life. The leap of faith inspired his collaborators, galvanizing them to thoughtfully tailor arrangements just for him. “I wanted to make a really big sounding record for Chris, to really figure out a way to call in favors and make this album as grand as I possibly could,” Shabason recalls of Way Through’s Creed Taylor ethos. “I really wanted Chris to sing to fully mixed songs so that it was in the spirit of playing with a full band with all the energy of hearing an orchestra swell behind him with horns blaring,” he continues, “and I think this is the grandest approach to making a record that I have ever embarked on.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe resulting outsize backdrop sits in poetic contrast to Cummings’ comparatively discreet delivery and intimate lyricism. Steering the Shabason-Gill cruise liner with delicate intonation and quiet introspection, Cummings paints a picture of city lights gleaming in rain puddles, mapping subtle emotional territories within the urban gloom while resigning in a kind of joyous ennui. “If I could be all that once looked so great and grand, I would have died for an occasion to rise to,” he sings through the horn section of ‘Cartwheels for Coins’, “but it’s a gray sky, nothing to say, mixed emotions always get in the way”. Lines like these epitomize Way Through; when the bandstand empties out and the singer finds himself alone on a darkened soundstage, the emotional complexities of life still lie waiting to be confronted. Cummings lends a literary counterweight to Shabason and Gill’s sonic splendor, and in doing so spotlights the inherent tension between pragmatism and ambition. As a film major who was raised by community theater actors before taking up music as his main creative outlet, it’s evident that Cummings has grappled with this polarity in his own life (not to mention the perfect sense this makes out of Way Through’s filmic overtones). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePunctuating the cinematic heft, the decidedly uptempo midpoint ‘Damaged Goods’ bounces and strolls around Dorothea Pass’s doo-wop harmonies giving affirmation to anyone coming out of a troubled relationship, while the successive piece ‘Prior Times’ addresses those very relationships head-on. “Honestly, I was-- and am still-- very affected by romantic relationships I had before I met my wife,” Chris admits, explaining that the track “tells about a time when I was caught in an unhappy situation, looking back on happier times, and being hit with the painful realization that time doesn't go backwards.” With its understated Samba lilt, the song lands Cici Arthur closest to their aforementioned Jobim\/Gilberto target and serves as the stylistic centerpiece. The pensive and movielike ‘No Fight Or Flight (So Much Tenderness)’ brings the album to its finale over one of Owen Pallet’s verdant string arrangements, marking one of the fullest realizations of Joseph Shabason and Thom Gill’s production aspirations-- and likely reaching far beyond what Cummings ever imagined when his life completely changed a few long years ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack in 2020, newly careerless and grasping at an uncertain future in a world of uncertain futures, Chris found himself taking exploratory bike trips through nearby suburban areas he’d never been to before. His attempts to avoid the bustle of major roads would lead either to dead ends or completely new ways of seeing the geography of a city he’d lived in for decades, mirroring the joy and heartbreak of life’s circuitous path. “What good are dead ends when I’m looking through a way through,” he repeats on the album’s title track over the crest of a weary and sweet brass section. “When the miracle you’d hoped for never comes it’s hard to take, but it’s your fault for hoping.” For all of Way Through’s orchestral technicolor wonder, Cummings delivers refreshingly honest doses of realism about how dreams unfold across a lifetime.\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Cici Arthur\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Western Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCAT No : \u003cspan\u003eWV269lp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

カナダ・トロントの音楽家Joseph ShabasonとThom Gill、Chris A. CummingsによるトリオCici Arthurが、2025年2月にアメリカの老舗レーベルWestern Vinylからリリースしたレコードです。アダルト・ジャズポップ8曲を収録。歌詞インサート付属。以下、レーベルによる解説です。 "何年も同じ地域に住んでいても、そのレイアウトに驚かされることがある。交通渋滞を避けようとしたり、週末の朝に時間をつぶしてぶらぶら歩いたりすると、子供の頃に住んでいた家の隠し部屋の夢のように、この地区の新しいポケットが現れて、目新しさと戸惑いが入り混じる。突然、見覚えのある十字路が現れると、数秒間は今までの新天地との折り合いがつかなくなる。角を曲がったところに古いランドマークが姿を現し、論理が戻ってくる。この数分間を見慣れない場所で過ごしたにもかかわらず、おそらくあなたは自分の住んでいる地域からほとんど出ていない。トロントのミュージシャン、クリス・カミングス、ジョセフ・シャバソン、トム・ギルのCici Arthur名義によるコラボレーション・アルバム『Way Through』の背景には、このような道しるべがある。プロデューサー兼インストゥルメンタリストのシャバソンとギルは、カミングスのヴォーカルと作曲を披露する大規模なセットピースを作ろうと、彼らのブランドであるスマートで倒錯したアダルト・コンテンポラリーの美学を、アントニオ・カルロス・ジョビンのミッドセンチュリー・スリンクやフランク・シナトラのロマンティックな華やかさの近くに置いた。『Way Through』では、シャバソンのこれまでの事業の共同体精神をパノラマ的な高みへと導き、ドラムのフィル・メランソン（サム・ゲンデル、サム・アミドン、アンディ・シャウフ）や頻繁にコラボレートしているニコラス・クルゴヴィッチから、有名なアレンジャーでヴァイオリニストのオーウェン・パレットまでが参加し、30人編成のオーケストラを率いている。おそらく最も重要なのは、ヴォーカリストのドロシー・パスが、キャピトル・レコード全盛期のセッションにコア・トリオのテイクを融合させながら、ガラスのようなハーモニーを奏でることだろう。その結果は、ジョセフ・シャバソンの軌道上にある多くの音楽と同様で、人間らしさと脆弱さを中心点として回転し、その最も巨大な要素さえも手の届くところに心地よく配置されている。"...

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Ask us for digital files.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther Songs:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis album was written and recorded in 10 days…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOver the past few months, I've been working tirelessly on a new record, set to release next year. As a creative exercise, I decided to write some new songs just for fun. What started as a simple idea on March 10th quickly grew into something much larger. By March 20th, I had written, recorded, mixed, and finalized nine brand new tracks ready for release. This project was easily the fastest and most fulfilling creative endeavour I've ever experienced!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLately, I have found myself preoccupied with thoughts of death. It was a recurring theme on my last record, \"Oh Man,\" and continues to inspire me as I work on my next album. However, with \"Horizon,\" I wanted to shift my focus to life on earth. While the concept of living forever seems appealing, and the uncertainty of the afterlife terrifies me, I took solace in the simple pleasures of life: relationships, love, and living life to the fullest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe reason behind the album's title, \"Horizon,\" is that while it's something we can talk about, point to, and see with our own eyes, it's not tangible or reachable. To me, a horizon is a perfect metaphor for life's most meaningful aspects: love, relationships, passion, and even death. These things are intangible and elusive, yet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e they shape our lives in profound ways.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn this album, I took on the majority of the instrumentation, save for percussion by Marta Rosa on \"Dark\" and \"Horizon\" and piano by Gareth Inkster on \"Horizon.\" Additional vocals were provided by Allison Geleynse on \"Still,\" \"Clear,\" \"Gray,\" and \"High,\" and Anna Horvath on \"Blue.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe creative process for this album was unique in several ways, including the recording and mixing. Rather than focusing on perfecting each take and sonic detail, I chose to finish the record as quickly as possible to preserve the spontaneity of these new songs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow, I'm back to working on the other record I've been developing for the past few months, almost as if these impromptu tracks never happened. 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Ask us for digital files.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther Songs:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis album was written and recorded in 10 days…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOver the past few months, I've been working tirelessly on a new record, set to release next year. As a creative exercise, I decided to write some new songs just for fun. What started as a simple idea on March 10th quickly grew into something much larger. By March 20th, I had written, recorded, mixed, and finalized nine brand new tracks ready for release. This project was easily the fastest and most fulfilling creative endeavour I've ever experienced!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLately, I have found myself preoccupied with thoughts of death. It was a recurring theme on my last record, \"Oh Man,\" and continues to inspire me as I work on my next album. However, with \"Horizon,\" I wanted to shift my focus to life on earth. While the concept of living forever seems appealing, and the uncertainty of the afterlife terrifies me, I took solace in the simple pleasures of life: relationships, love, and living life to the fullest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe reason behind the album's title, \"Horizon,\" is that while it's something we can talk about, point to, and see with our own eyes, it's not tangible or reachable. To me, a horizon is a perfect metaphor for life's most meaningful aspects: love, relationships, passion, and even death. These things are intangible and elusive, yet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e they shape our lives in profound ways.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn this album, I took on the majority of the instrumentation, save for percussion by Marta Rosa on \"Dark\" and \"Horizon\" and piano by Gareth Inkster on \"Horizon.\" Additional vocals were provided by Allison Geleynse on \"Still,\" \"Clear,\" \"Gray,\" and \"High,\" and Anna Horvath on \"Blue.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe creative process for this album was unique in several ways, including the recording and mixing. Rather than focusing on perfecting each take and sonic detail, I chose to finish the record as quickly as possible to preserve the spontaneity of these new songs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow, I'm back to working on the other record I've been developing for the past few months, almost as if these impromptu tracks never happened. The memories of these creative 10 days are hazy now, but nonetheless cherished\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Scott Orr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Other Songs\u003c\/p\u003e"}