Anticipation and Longing
b"Episode# 77:\\xa0 Anticipation and Longing\\xa0 \\xa0 (Song starts at 7:00)\\xa0\\nWelcome to another episode, packed with humour, chat & music. \\nThis week I interview my old mate, and co songwriter, Mr Paul Dredge. I also videoed proceedings. So you have the option to watch and listen this week, if you\\u2019d like to: https://youtu.be/0cc4r1SVz80\\nPaul and I ended up talking about all sorts...from All Blacks, to bird calls. Sit back and enjoy this easy conversation between 2 songwriters, as we endeavour to shed some light on how this song came together - and the songwriting process, in more general terms.\\nWe wrote Anticipation and Longing some years ago... It's one of the songs we wrote when we were at the height of our gigging years together. As Paul pointed out, 5 gigs a week for a couple of years is a lot - lots of musos\\xa0manage one a week...we were busy!\\xa0\\nWe were in tune with one another. It's a brilliant thing to have the amount of mutual understanding and trust you need in order to write a song together.\\xa0\\nIt's like theatre sports...it's a subtle dance - you can't block the other person, and yet you feel completely free to \\u2018pipe up\\u2019 where you both feel inclined, to steer the creative project through to its best possible conclusion. It's all about the song, the feeling.\\xa0\\nWhen 2 voices are singing together (people who are comfortable with their individual voices) sometimes seems there's more than just the 2 voices ...the sum of the parts add up to something more.\\xa0\\nIn this case, on this recording there is another (great)\\xa0voice : Michelle Pickett on vocals too...and the brilliant Earl Pollard on drums.\\xa0\\nYou can check out the song 7 minutes in, and also on the album Righto here:\\nwww.petepascoe.bandcamp.com\\nThe sound quality of this episode isn\\u2019t as good as usual, due to the nature of the live in interview recording - Paul was talking on a mobile phone. But it was fun and I\\u2019m glad we videoed it too, although the video only lasts 10 minutes. After that I\\u2019ve added edited photos. It was fun to put together.\\nThis fits the bill, then:\\xa0a relaxed, inclusive delivery & a song. Good times.\\xa0\\xa0\\nI hope enjoy the episode. Enjoy!\\nAlso, you might like to check out these links: \\nHere\\u2019s my blog with the lyrics of this week\\u2019s song + more music and art: www.petepascoe.wordpress.com. I\\u2019ve also written about last week\\u2019s featured song, Molly Brown - I\\u2019ll have to rewrite one of the lines. \\nHere\\u2019s Paul\\u2019s Youtube channel and poetry blog:\\nYoutube:\\xa0 Paul Dredge Music \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 Poetry:\\xa0 https://paulspoeticramblings.wordpress.com/"