A
black folder sits on a forgotten shelf in my house collecting dust, where a
collection of scrawled lyrics live back from my younger years when i was in my
teenage band. I meticulously kept all these written sheets, many are covers
from Radiohead, Nirvana, U2, Bush etc. with guitar tabs and scribbled notes about our performance but
the vast majority are original lyrics. (Memory permitting here is our old band 'Brass Monkeys' - Set list' as a playlist on Spotify.
Back then we did actually write and perform a fair bit of our own material, and if memory serves it went down pretty well. The old recordings of these, some on minidisc, are unfortunately barely audible now.
In my last album 'Arcadian Rhythm' I did bring one track back to life from an old recording: Elizium - and the original song in all it's raw, gritty glory I made into a music video, which I'm pretty sure is still on youtube...leaves the room/ scratches head..ok found it Elizium
Below is the official PLAYFIO music video:
Anyway, I somewhat digress, the reason for these ramblings, with my recent song writing, I was keen for some lyrical inspiration so took this old folder along with me to the recording studio (sounds v. glamourous I know) the reality is renting out a 5x5m sound proofed room crammed full of gear for a 12 hour stint of zero daylight/ interruptions/ people - quite heavenly as it goes! .
So on one of these half day sessions, I reached for the folder and came across these un-used lyrics, discarded at the time, who knows why - probably young love! I added them to this track and never looked back - it was almost like they'd been waiting all this time for this melody!
Back then we did actually write and perform a fair bit of our own material, and if memory serves it went down pretty well. The old recordings of these, some on minidisc, are unfortunately barely audible now.
In my last album 'Arcadian Rhythm' I did bring one track back to life from an old recording: Elizium - and the original song in all it's raw, gritty glory I made into a music video, which I'm pretty sure is still on youtube...leaves the room/ scratches head..ok found it Elizium
Below is the official PLAYFIO music video:
Anyway, I somewhat digress, the reason for these ramblings, with my recent song writing, I was keen for some lyrical inspiration so took this old folder along with me to the recording studio (sounds v. glamourous I know) the reality is renting out a 5x5m sound proofed room crammed full of gear for a 12 hour stint of zero daylight/ interruptions/ people - quite heavenly as it goes! .
So on one of these half day sessions, I reached for the folder and came across these un-used lyrics, discarded at the time, who knows why - probably young love! I added them to this track and never looked back - it was almost like they'd been waiting all this time for this melody!
The video echoes the
music perfectly and I can't thank Jack Tew enough for this epic cinematic
masterpiece, which I'm very proud to be able to put my music
to.
This fly on the wall short film provides an intimate insight into one young couple's ups and downs.
Film credits:
This fly on the wall short film provides an intimate insight into one young couple's ups and downs.
Links/
Credits:
Written
by Rob Playford with Claude Etienne on guitar and the mix and master engineer
was Adam Titmuss.
Rob Playford http://www.playfio.com/
Adam Titmuss https://linktr.ee/amtaudio
Claude Etienne https://www.facebook.com/Claud150/
Rob Playford http://www.playfio.com/
Adam Titmuss https://linktr.ee/amtaudio
Claude Etienne https://www.facebook.com/Claud150/
Film credits:
Director Of
Photography - David Wright www.davidwrightdop.com
Produced: Jack Tew: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkz-3Gzx0V2P5f3B8WB9f4g