Trust To Receive
Episode #214:\xa0 Trust To Receive.\xa0 \xa0(Song starts at 7:12)
\nHi there &\xa0 welcome to another episode. Here we are, looking at another song again, in a \u2018songwriter speaks\u2019 style\xa0 - inclusive, casual fun, entertaining.\u2026 this time it\u2019s Trust To Receive, song #105. Composed in 1989!
\nAgain this week, this song popped into my mind. I knew it was in the \u2018green book\u2019 (my 1st old book of handwritten songs)\u2026as an experiment, I held the book upside down and back to front, flicked the pages once - and it opened, sure enough - on Trust To Receive. Amazing, to me. Go figure. I take it as a 'nod that I\u2019m heading in the right direction\u2019 when this sort of coincidence happens.
\nThen I opened the cupboard, dug up the cassette (which I knew the song was on, in this case). And it was all but teed up - just the end of a nice song by my co-songwriting buddy, Paul Dredge, to listen to (I\u2019m loving producing this podcast. I\u2019m rediscovering more music each week). \xa0 The cassette was a recording of an album Paul and I wrote and recorded way back in the the early 1990s.
\nAnd here I am, in 2024, finishing our 6th \u2018proper\u2019 album which will be steaming shortly.
\nDetermination would be the key.
\nThe demo you\u2019ll hear was recorded on a 4 track machine. It\u2019s fair to say I was really just finding my way as a song writer, with 105 songs under my belt.
\nThere\u2019s something about Trust To Receive that I really like. It\u2019s different. Sort of a reggae influenced song - unusual for a pianist to write this sort of song, but immediately you can hear I was hearing in my head more than just the piano and voice, as I wrote this one.
\nThe whole band arrangement came along as I wrote the music to the lyrics for the first verse.
\nFrom there, it really is about following the feeling, the story, if you like.
\nEach musical phrase is related to the preceding and the one that follows.
\nJust like each line of the lyrics.
\nI can\u2019t tell you where this snap shot of series of images came from: 'silent stare, a motionless vigil.\u2019\u2026 a dream? Set against a cold city, a feminine character emerges. Obviously having been through some trials, the narrator sees beauty, sees fragility but also senses underlying strength ..potential. Trust is required for love to be received and that\u2019s the message of the song. I would say for the both the character in the song - and the narrator (and of course the listener).
\nIt was fun to listen back to this old demo. What would I go back and do differently? \u2026well, pretty much everything. But it remains a document of it\u2019s day. It captured a feeling, a groove, with the gear I had. And if I hadn\u2019t recorded that, the song would\u2019ve disappeared.
\nI\u2019m glad I recorded it and I\u2019m glad I thought to feature it this week.
\nI hope you enjoy hearing a bit about how Trust To Receive came together,
\nOn this episode I\u2019ll also take you for a walk down to the beach, as I take photos to use for references for a seascape painting which is going to an exhibition this week. I\u2019m busy\u2026..
\n2 new albums so close to being finished now. I really enjoyed doing some mixing last week (lots to listen to online streaming on the usual platform.
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\nOk, on with the show\u2026hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording this episode.
\n\u2018Trust To Receive, rollin\u2019!\u2026\u2019