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C. Way - "Los Caracoles: Improvisations for Solo Guitar & Voice, Vol. 1" (2010)  |
CD Track List: 1. Anunciacion 2. Long 3. Impromptu No. 3 ("Lockwood") 4. Semi-Impromptu No. 11 ("Be Told") 5. Semi-Impromptu No. 8 6. Semi-Impromptu No. 6 7. Or Not 8. Semi-Impromptu No. 4 ("Rising but Not Waking") 9. Semi-Impromptu No. 7 ("Mane") 10. Semi-Impromptu No. 3 ("Isham") 11. Impromptu No. 2 12. Semi-Impromptu No. 9 ("Approacher") 13. Impromptu No. 5 ("Never Know") 14. Semi-Impromptu No. 2 15. Semi-Impromptu No. 5 ("Nests") 16. Seizure No. 2 17. Semi-Impromptu No. 1 ("From My Limbs") 18. Semi-Impromptu No. 10 (Pt.I: "Leaves"; Pt. II: "Boy") 19. Impromptu No. 3 ("Lockwood") - Oh Be Joyful Remix 42:10 running time. My sixth CD release, 2010. Cover art: Jess Hotchkiss, 2010. This album's devoted to songs that, more or less, were all captured on the wing -- just me sitting down, turning on a mic, and recording whatever came out: humming, singing, strumming, foot-stomping, fingerpicking, warts and all. My typical method was to just wait for some motif or melodic fragment to come to me and then just repeat it until a small song emerged. This definitely isn't free-jazz atonality, more of an exercise in crafting instantaneous songlets. That said, not all the songs on this record are pure improvisations -- actually, "Seizure No. 2" and anything labeled as 'Impromptus' are the only pure improvs. Many of the songs you'll hear had their start as an off-the-cuff performance, and later were cropped, enhanced with another guitar line or backup vocal, or otherwise edited enough so that I felt they should be called something else. So while these types of songs aren't purely spontaneous, they do have the original recorded spontaneity at their kernel, & so I refer to them differently as "Semi-Impromptus" ("Or Not", "Anunciacion," and "Long" are the other examples of these on record). Most songs were recorded in my bedroom or living room with an AKG C 1000 S microphone and a Yamaha CG 171 SF Flamenco guitar. What you'll get: CD comes in hand-assembled packaging and features uniquely customized cover-art for each order. All orders for this CD will also receive a free, cd-insert-sized piece of original ink pen art. Finally, you'll also get a login and password for a web-page of bonus mp3s. $5.00 + $2.00 shipping [shipping can be combined if ordering multiple records and/or art pieces -- please contact me for more info]. |
Chris Way - "Needle Out" (2009)  |
CD Track List: 1. Headlights/ Drown 2. Lights Go Out 3. Father 4. Hide From Me 5. Somebody Else 6. Can't Climb Back Down 7. Hollow Book, Winter Glove 8. It's Time 9. Song for Elizabeth 10. Needle Out 11. I'm Your Tired One 34:51 running time. My fifth CD release, 2009. Cover art: C.Way, 2009. What you'll get: CD comes in hand-assembled packaging and features uniquely customized cover-art for each order. You'll also get a login and password for a web-page of bonus mp3s. $5.00 + $2.00 shipping [shipping can be combined if ordering multiple records and/or art pieces -- please contact me for more info]. |
Chris Way - "Some Songs, Vol.1: 2001-2004" (re-released 2010)  |
CD Track List: 1. Face Like Glass 2. Not Even You 3. To Make Giant Designs 4. Move With Me to Mexico 5. Macy's Girl 6. Ghosts 7. Ghost Sailor 8. In the Land of Make Believe (Bacharach/David) 9. Where is my Wind 10. We are Children 11. Pocatello Rag 12. 1x1x1 13. Broadway Fills the Screen 14. Face Like Glass (feat. Joelle Jaffe) 46:30 running time. My fourth CD release, 2004, and then re-released this year with new songs and different track order. Tracks 1,2,6-8 from "Ghosts" LP (2004). Tracks 3-5, 12 from "Here Are Some Faces For You!" LP (2003). Tracks 9-11 from "Whelk's Milk" LP (2003). Tracks 13,14 unreleased. Cover art: C.Way, 2004 & 2010. Most songs recorded in two different Hoboken bedrooms with a Martin dreadnought acoustic guitar, a Yamaha CG 171 SF Flamenco guitar, a Boss drum machine, and various percussion instruments, some home-made (microphone-stand taps, etc). What you'll get: CD comes in hand-assembled packaging and features uniquely customized cover-art for each order. You'll also get a login and password for a web-page of bonus mp3s. $5.00 + $2.00 shipping [shipping can be combined if ordering multiple records and/or art pieces -- please contact me for more info]. |
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