I really was carrying the ash from the fire out in the dark and looking at the stars and thinking how weird that was - to be throwing the ashes out in the middle of the night and pitch black and everything
Written today.
recorded on an iMac with the internal mic and no headphones (!) so it's probably going to be muddy as hell, but that feels about right for now.
LYRIC:
Fill up the glass, Bartender
Ply your art
Quench the fire in here, now…
Written today.
recorded on an iMac with the internal mic and no headphones (!) so it's probably going to be muddy as hell, but that feels about right for now.
LYRIC:
Fill up the glass, Bartender
Ply your art
Quench the fire in here, now…
I really was carrying the ash from the fire out in the dark and looking at the stars and thinking how weird that was - to be throwing the ashes out in the middle of the night and pitch black and everything
I really was carrying the ash from the fire out in the dark and looking at the stars and thinking how weird that was - to be throwing the ashes out in the middle of the night and pitch black and everything
A one hour track start to finish - words music and all the faffing around at the end to get the levels right.
It's a ghost story. So go get your cocoa now!
And a Murder ballad and a love story (but aren't they all).
Old Conor Higgins…
I really was carrying the ash from the fire out in the dark and looking at the stars and thinking how weird that was - to be throwing the ashes out in the middle of the night and pitch black and everything
I really was carrying the ash from the fire out in the dark and looking at the stars and thinking how weird that was - to be throwing the ashes out in the middle of the night and pitch black and everything
This is great like a hangover.
I have a hangover.
I had a great night. I remember what fun it was and bits of it make me burst out in a big grin. And yet i feel very different today. Slowly, warily i get on with my life, bits of the past intrude without being asked, and I'm sort of unbalanced.
If things are too quick it almost hurts so I trust to the slow things.
Pictures. Songs.
Beautiful.
This tune was sounding so dramafree and happy-go-lucky that I decided to write some (uncharacteristically) dramafree and happy-go-lucky lyrics. The sound at the beginning is from my Nokia-phone which I also use as my alarmclock. I was then reminded…
Featuring a sweet reference to the Loretto Chapel's mysterious staircase and the most wonderful mylar balloon ever manufactured (with allusion to secret promise attached).
I mostly wanted to make music with a funky clav line I'd come up with, so this is it. For the voiceover, I unabashedly used an awesome monologue by Ken Nordine.
I came up with the main bass riff on my electric bass, but after recording it I was unhappy with the tone, so I used a sampled upright bass. On top of that is a layer of doodling "lead guitar" (played on my bass), a dreamy semi-harsh organ sound…
This instrumental song is about the rabbit in the moon. Fact: the ancient Aztecs measured drunkenness in number of rabbits. Like, "Oh, cheg out Bill, he's 300 rabbits." "Dude, I was like 230 rabbits last week and I got kicked out of the Florida…
Oh, I had such big plans for this song. Acoustic guitar, tin whistle, maybe go and drag the bagpipes out of storage (cough, or as the case really would be: fire up Logic, so I can use an external plugin).
I went to storm spotters training instead…
Comments on Gumbo's stuff
Very nice!
love the chord sequence in this one, beautiful song!
i love this. i love the darkness of it :)
Awesome. People, making music in a room. *applause*
Hic. Faved.
My kids shout "Gumbo!" when they hear this. And so do I.
Excellent!
Good one Stu! As usual of course. What a subject.
one of my favorites.
excellent tune... "More!"
I like this song, really paints a picture.Great lyrics.
More often than not, I get a smile from your songs. Thanks!
Nice One Gumbo!
Oo-hooooh-hooooh! Classic Gumbo brilliance. (You're accompanying tonight's dinner party, by the way.)
Great, great song!!
Fantastic, Stu. Love the sparse arrangement, the understated leads, and the vocal interplay. Good lyrics to boot...
Very nice. Makes me wanna get my @ss in gear and get serious about writing lyrics again.
Classic indeed!
Great lyrics! Damn- now I'm missing the smell of a turf fire
Gah! My comment vanished! Love your vox on this - and great song-writing as usual!
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Cool - you can slur! I love slurring!
This is great like a hangover. I have a hangover. I had a great night. I remember what fun it was and bits of it make me burst out in a big grin. And yet i feel very different today. Slowly, warily i get on with my life, bits of the past intrude without being asked, and I'm sort of unbalanced. If things are too quick it almost hurts so I trust to the slow things. Pictures. Songs. Beautiful.
Gorgeous!
mesmerising - this is very well done!
Wow that's pretty pro sounding Very Cool!
Hey you do happy songs really well!
You mean it's fictional? Aw - you sounded so happy, too .... Groovy track!
love the title - and a nice gentle track - thanks
Gorgeous!
Another nice surprise! You don't don't have any genre issues at all! Beaitfully sung and played.
great rhythm - very cool
O YEAH!!
very cool! he's got great tone that Nordine fella!
Beaut!
faved! i ain't mad at yous you're too far out and groovy
Whoa! Ain't you got something here!
Love the way you hold the space in this it's time well spent - thank you!
Woo! Cut to the chase!
Cool Beans! This is funkin FUNKY!!
Lol Happy belated Paddy's Day Sláinte