When I’m drumming on my records, the influences often come from the 60s and 70s. The main vocal influences on this song are people like David Bowie and Scott Walker.īut yes, you’re correct when slipping into the higher falsetto, I was definitely trying to manifest a little bit of Roy Orbison! In an incredibly humble way, I try to channel that type of energy. I was thrilled to be playing my very first guitar again, rebuilt after many moons! The guitar work on Perfect Future was influenced by early dream pop. Or do I want to hear things that aren’t there?Īs I was saying, I take a number of influences, mix them together like a cocktail, and hope to create something new! Perfect Future could be an ode to Sparks, perhaps to Roy Orbison. If only Jeff Lynne would do a version, he could make it a “Greatest Hit” lol!
It may not be obvious, but my guitar influences on this song are a combination of artists like The Cars, Big Star, Cheap Trick, Be Bop Deluxe, Television, and yes…ELO! My music is definitely a reflection of my record collection. When drumming, I was trying to juxtapose a driving Motown/ Stax/ Rolling Stones-type groove with syncopated world-beat rhythms vis-à-vis 80’s new wave! I’ve been very interested in the musical twilight between decades. On the song “Into the Light” I sang lead vocals and played guitar and the drums. I’ve recorded all of The Foreign Films’ records with him (Distant Star, The Record Collector, Ocean Moon, Starlight Serenade, and the new release Magic Shadows)Ĭarl is a truly brilliant studio wizard, and an absolute pleasure to work with! We had a fantastic time, recording my song “Into The Light” and the whole LP, for that matter!Ĭarl Jennings always comes up with amazing bass lines-we have an almost telepathic way of working together! To learn the secrets of songwriting, you have to listen to the greats! That’s a wonderful compliment! Jeff Lynne is truly a musical genius, and I love the artists he’s worked with The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, etcĪll of those musicians influence my songs consciously and subconsciously. Into The Light, my favorite song after the first few listens, wouldn’t look out of place on an ELO greatest hits. the humanity.Īt a time when music is being reduced to tiny soundbites, I feel artists should do the exact opposite.expand. It’s important to never lose the heart and soul of music. The chemistry between the musicians is very important to me! I truly believe in the old-fashioned notion of creating full-length albums. Ultimately I’d like people to feel inspired and illuminated by the songs and by the great musicians who contributed to the record! I always hope the songs paint pictures with the lyrics and arrangements- an alchemy of various decades of music I think of it as retro-futurism. My aim is to conjure up that kind of musical magic for the listener creating dreamy escapism from the ordinary world. It was an incredibly magical and mysterious feeling- a sense of wonder and discovery. When I was a boy, I recall falling in love with records. The feeling I’m trying to leave the listener with is at the heart of my songwriting- it takes me back to why I became a musician in the first place.
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I’d love the listener to feel like they’ve been on an exciting musical journey! Like they’ve been in a technicolor dream.Įvery song on the album is like a scene from a movie with various characters and atmospheres.Īn album should be a sonic and emotional experience. I think about creating music in a very cinematic way it’s a theatre of the mind! I definitely contemplate these things when writing and recording! What feeling would you like to leave the listener with after listening to Magic Shadows?ĭid you think about that when you were recording, that you wanted to create an experience?
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Magic Shadows is, again, full of richly arranged, cinematic pop songs. Bill Majoros ( The Foreign Films) just keeps putting out one great record after the other.
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