I Am Comforted

[StephenM]

a sort of reprisal to "I Fly High"...

I did this whole thing on the Zoom R24.  I had not used it in a while and there were recent posts on the site here and other places about it... so I wanted to do a project with it.  I got up very early, 6am and had a bit of coffee and got about bringing the recorder to the bedroom, away from the normal studio.  I recorded the two guitars through the mics and plugged in, these were the electric guitars, the Nighthawk.
I had to do a good bit of bounce with effects etc because you can't assign the effects bus to more than 1 mono or stereo track at a time.  I did enjoy this however and I really enjoyed the project.  I could have added a bit more but I decided I liked it as is.

this feels intense to me..I Am Comforted.mp3 I Am Comforted.mp3

I would like to note that I think I am getting in touch with my mama's crazy fearful yet hopeful yet faithful rocking me.... this is the absolute essence of that....
it is very intimate to me..

Sometimes in shame I bow my head and cry but I am comforted as my guitar weeps along. 

I am lost again in my guitar.  Like a drunk man, wandering away from home to far.  I am lost yet again in my guitar.  People say it is a waste of time.  They don't understand it is healing my mind.

It is a threat you see.  To their comfort normalcy. 

I don't mind.  I nod and say I understand.  I once was lost just like they, outside my mind.  The strings strip away all my facades.  We don't like what we see. 

The guitar rebuilds me as if I am a baby, one step at a time.  Sometimes in shame I bow my head and cry.  But I am comforted as my guitar weeps along.

[the physics teacher]

I like this Stephen. I like when there is talking in music. The ambience brought me to Duran Duran's say a prayer.i wish I could play like that.

Corné

[Ted]

This is different for you, a different mood, and yet so you.

It could be mistaken for something really simple, but there are subtle changes and twists the reveal themselves as the song moves along: A change in panning. A crazy vocal effect. Bass double stops.

(Lately I've been listening to Songcrafters a lot in only one ear, with a hands-free headset. But I happen to have my good cans on at them moment.)

[Ray Brookes]

Love the ambience in this track, Steve. Those guitars sound awesome, the bass meandering mysteriously along underneath and the soft speaking voice works so well with the intended message.

[thetworegs]

Liking that mystical ambience with the spoken word .......its working those strings are breaking down the barrier ...I'm starting to think.... No stop....i can't ... I've started now

[TPB]

I am lost yet again with YOUR guitar sipping my morning coffee chilling to this
Tim

[DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee]

The music is such a brilliant background to the amazing lyrical vocals. Obviously very personal to you.
The music has a pink Floyd vibe, the guitars and bass are brilliant. This is another side of your music, great to hear.

[Zoltan]

I've heard this several times now and at first the spoken word vocals got to me. Meaning that they literally inspired me and i ended up doing spoken word songs (?) and that's something i ain't gonna do.
With my lyrics that would mean the end is nigh In Stephens case the lyrics / vocals have this comforting quality to them.

The playing works, the ambience works. It's both close and distant sounding at the sametime. And even with all this warmth there's still a hint of weirdness to it.

I like the way you're using different vibes, settings and recording gadgets and places to make your music.

[Pete C]

This is special Steve, I had to put this on repeat and listen over and over. I could meditate to this, in fact I could see my third eye chakra spinning. So relaxing and comforting.

[Bluesberry]

Holy moly....wowzers......and flipping heck man....what a track....what a beautiful beast of a track.....haunting and spooky and compelling and comforting all at the same time