And The Ship Sails On (Bedroom Demo #264)

And The Ship Sails On

(The Colombia River Song Cycle)

music: Terry Scott Taylor

guitars and effects: T.S. Taylor

Note:

With “The Ship Sails On” we come to the end of our song cycle celebrating the Colombia River and its surroundings. I hope you’ve enjoyed the voyage as much as I have. As I’ve shared in one of my past notes, these compositions were, creatively speaking, like the early explorations of the river, essential forays into uncharted waters. I wasn’t at all sure I had the navigational skills to make good on my intentions. While I consider some of these musical pieces to be stronger than others, I am nevertheless pleased with the overall collection. My only real frustration is in knowing that the probability of these demos becoming fully realized recordings with actual instruments (violins, cellos, French horns, etc.) performing the various parts, is not likely. I say “frustrating,” but not inordinately so, since I had such a pleasurable time with the project. A special thanks to the many Patreon members who, throughout the course of the project, wrote to express their enjoyment of it, as well as encouraging me to keep going. A feller couldn’t ask for greater cheerleaders!

Although the Song Cycle voyage has come to an end, the journey of creating original instrumental pieces will continue periodically. Thanks again, kids. Yer the best!

P.S. One of my faithful Patreon members wrote to ask me what instruments and effects I used on the “Colombia River” recordings. I primarily worked with a Vox AC10C1 amp, a custom designed Strat/Tele combo guitar, with effects that include an Actone Joyo JF-13 AC distortion vintage tube pedal, an Electro Harmonix Synth 9, and my go-to Electro Harmonix Mel 9 tape replay pedal which mimics the sounds of one of my favorite instruments: the amazing Melotron.