In December 2016, I witnessed David Gray’s masterclass at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
I am in love with the experience of listening to singer/songwriters perform their own work. Because they KNOW it, they live it, they understand. There is a magic in that connection from heart, gut, soul, to hands, voice, instruments.
I did not know many of his songs, but I was consumed by his production. He would begin a song with a bit of background music, record, and repeat. And then a layer of melody, record, repeat. Background vocals, a beat, and a few other layers would be performed one by one, and added to the growing complexity of the song.
{I remember watching a show about Motown music a few years ago, and hearing them discuss the layers of music, and the fullness the layers provided. Music from that era has always been among my favorite, and now I know why.}
At one point, David started to talk about the layering of music, and I started to...
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