New World Dawning
Episode #212: New World Dawning\xa0 (Song starts at 6:22)
\nI really enjoyed writing song #207, New World Dawning, back in 1992.
\nThe lines \u2018I never thought I\u2019d cry tears You can buy at the chemist\u2019 Were never going to shake the foundations of anyone\u2019s world, but that was my opening gambit (I was talking about the saline solution I used with my contact lenses). Undeterred, I carried on.
\nThe words came and they lead on to an expansive sort of a world view. A world that felt like it was yet to exist: a world of golden opportunities, communication and love - that\u2019s one description of this world. Perhaps that was an artists vision. I was inspired at the time and I still am today.
\nYou are what you listen to, what you eat, etc. I see at the top of my page in the songbook, there\u2019s a wee sentence scrawled\u2026\u2019it\u2019s amazing what a Crowded House video can do\u2019, so thank you Neil Finn, and the guys, you really inspired me.
\nThe demo was recorded in 1996. I remember the afternoon. It was a spur of the moment decision to record one of my piano vocal sessions. What I did\xa0 - and still do - is this: I flick open my songbooks (all handwritten, the 800) ..and I find myself in a very free performance mode.
\nI play random songs one after the other, and I keep my ears open for new hooks, harmonies, and lines, as I sing and play. I make mental notes and sometimes quickly note a key line.or new melody to sing for a line.
\nI think as songwriter, you need to be open to editing and rewriting again and again. A song isn\u2019t cast in stone - even when it\u2019s recorded you can always record a new version.
\nSo New World comes from an honest place, I think. After walking home from the piano bar, in the early hours of the morning, back in 1992, I opened the door at home. I was living in a converted garage. A single room abode, I gratefully climbed into my waterbed, enjoying the warmth.And I picked up my pen (my habit, my ritual) and began writing.
\nAnd I\u2019m pleased I did. What made me write all these songs ? ( and there\u2019s also stacks of unused pages of lyrics and poems somewhere around here) Passion. I loved it. And I still do. That\u2019s why I still write.
\nIn my studio tonight when I went to record a podcast episode, New World Dawning came to mind. I put my hand in a box of cassettes of random recordings and put the cassette I pulled out on the tape deck. And there it was, all cued up ready to roll.
\nThat amazes me. Because it\u2019s not the first time it\u2019s happened for these episodes.
\nI take note of these things. I find coincidences like this all very mystical and reassuring. I do operate on another planet a lot. It\u2019s who I am - I\u2019m an out and out artist. Perhaps this is the new world dawning\u2026the time of the arts\u2026
\nAnyhow, I hope you enjoy this demo - and and the chat about how the song came to be. I enjoyed recording the episode, as always.
\nIf you want to hear more , you can stream lots of my music on the usual platforms (eg Spotify)
\nI have a music website: www.petepascoe.bandcamp.com (You can my hear my music; with Paul Dredge; and with the Patient Hum band). Folk rock, rock , solo piano and singer songwriter. I love the variety.
\nOn that note you\u2019ll see on my blog I\u2019m also a cartoonist and seascape painter. I\u2019m working on tuition videos to present everything I\u2019ve learned and am still learning. See www.petepascoe.wordpress.com
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\nHere we go. A new world dawning\u2026rolling!