The Story Behind Winteresque – Part 1
Posted: December 6th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: audio engineer, Deep thoughts, Finn Miles, haiku songwriting, Music, paul gratton, Producer, Scott Gratton, Songwriting, telltale heart, winteresque | No Comments »I originally planned on recording the Winteresque album over a year ago, but life got in the way.
After the release of the Telltale Heart EP (which was a fabulous success) I started writing a batch of new songs. When I write songs they usually come fast and furious, and before too long a theme emerges. This central thesis acts as a centrifugal force, pulling the album together, each song finding its own seat. This creates albums which are cohesive, but not caught up with all weight the concept album.
The central theme finally caught my eye in the corner of my writing journal; it was a simple Haiku I had previously written.
Autumn’s light will fail.
Long white sheets on a pale field.
Will we bloom again?
All of a sudden, the lens focused…Winteresque is a journey from autumn, through the dark of winter, and into the hope of spring. I started seeing elements of this journey in the other songs I’d write. Each song started informing the others on how they fit into the big idea; the puzzle pieces began falling into place. I wrote six songs and created acoustic demos to share with my brother, Scott Gratton who engineered and produced the previous Finn Miles EPs.
I felt like I was on track…but then something happened. (To be continued in Part 2)
