Written and Recorded 2010
My mom and dad have this rather Moog-esque synthesizer called a Six-Trak. I know nothing about it other than I can make some cool sounds with it. There were a few weeks in Baraboo where I decided I was going to really lean on this thing to make some music. I had also started a project with one of my brother's friends in D.C. named Aaron DeNu. He is an extremely gifted guy who has some great photography skills. I saw his photographs online and approached him about the possibility of me putting some music to them, also in the Songette style that I had been using. Some of the photos that I put music to were landscapes, architecture, etc. This Songette was written for a picture of an old, old church. I wish I could find the picture to share with you.
- Melodically I tried to make this as much like an older style hymn as possible. I feel like I achieved that through a slow, simple line that a congregation would be able to follow and a basic accompaniment that an organist in northern Wisconsin could handle.
- I dressed it up a bit with the moving Moogish lines and few other things. It gives it a more modern and quirky vibe.
- A lot of inspiration for this comes not only from the photo, but from a childhood surrounded by church music. I learned a lot throughout those years. This is just one small example of that.
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