Last
week was a bit of a milestone for me, 25 songs and two albums since the
beginning of the year! Well… I set out to do much more, but still getting that
far did feel quite good. So what’s next? Well as I have mentioned few times
before, I set out to release song every week in 2014. But at the same time, I
want the songs work as albums. So far so good, at least that’s what I think… So
I have been working hard in the past two weeks on the third album. All the
details are not set in stone, like the name of the album, or the cover image
and so on, but the music is getting there. In fact I have most of it recorded
and ready to go. Which leads to this week’s song “Sunny Summer’s Day”. Go on
and hit the play button below and read on.
As
a songwriter I have tendency to go for the darker side of subjects, but it is
no surprise as the people I look up to are all Outlaw country songwriters and
folk singer-songwriters. So I made a conscious decision to at least capture few
happier songs on the next album. So this week’s song is just that. It is my
caption of a summer’s day in Dublin city centre. Most of this song actually
spilled out of me as I was walking around the town on a sunny afternoon only a
few weeks ago. The sun had finally come out in all of its glory. Dublin is a
great place, but on a sunny summer’s day it really can show off. Take a walk
around Grafton Street with its side streets, stroll in the Stephens green, get
an ice cream to go with it. Oh yeah, and just pop in to one of the older pubs
and just sit at the bar and listen to the conversations. I’ll bet soon enough
there will be someone complaining about how hot it is
Also
I was planning to get few guest musicians in for the last album, but the timing
just wasn’t allowing it to happen. But this time we got it done. So absolutely
massive thank you goes to two great friends of mine, Brian O’Shea and Barra
McAllister for stepping in, offering their talent’s and making this happen.
So
there it is, Sunny Summer’s day. We have started the next chapter. I know I
repeat my self by saying this, but you guys have been brilliant in your
support, so just keep sharing these songs and posts as you have done in the
past and thank you for the company on this journey
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