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Andrew's thoughts on The Snow Tree: This new album is a collection of some of my most recent compositions, plus some traditional numbers. The title track - The Snow Tree - is named after an early memory I have, walking through Berwick one late-autumn afternoon with my mother, and asking "when is it going to snow?" My mother pointed to a large tree, and said when all the leaves have fallen from that tree, it MIGHT snow! Autumn has a special magic, and I always think of the 'Snow Tree' at that time of year. These tracks were recorded in Autumn 2005, so it seemed a natural choice for a title. During the recording process, I've tried to capture a 'live' feel - the basis of all the songs is a vocal and accompaniment take, played as it would be on stage. Any mistakes, and I did it all again! Some of the songs have overdubbed instruments, where I have tried to enrich the texture and use instruments in a slightly unusual way. About half are left as 'pure' takes - I enjoy the task of pulling out as much emotion and musical interest from two instruments - the voice and guitar, or slightly more unusually, the voice and fiddle. The fiddle-tune sets were originally intended to be played over a backing of 'found sound' loops, but I ultimately decided to stretch my guitar accompaniment skills and try to get something exciting going between the guitar and fiddle. I was aiming for an illusion of spontaneous interaction. The Guest The Result |
