I have really enjoyed working on this track – I love the vibe – particularly the vocal pad. The final polishing has also been much more fun than normal, thanks to being part way through this mastering course. 

I can’t claim that the masterered version is perfect, but over on the technique section of this site I’ve posted a comparison of before and after. 

In the Style of Hot Since ’82, if you’re interested in similar stuff.

Further thoughts on the experience of finishing this track – which was not all smooth sailing, here. I like the finished result though – so it was definitely worth the effort.

I wrote a lot of this track looking out over this view, on the wonderful Island of Tiree. I’ve spent time this week polishing it back in the studio, particularly since it was written primarily on headphones.

Lapwings are my favourite bird on the Island or Tiree. I love how, like so many other birds they seem more impervious to the wind and rain than we do; but they also seem dainty with their little crop of hair, which makes this feat more impressive.

Most of my music favours minor keys, and this is not an exception.

This track came together more quickly than normal, and felt a treat to produce.

I made the vocals some years ago and they were sitting in a trance track. I knew they were special and always planned to return to them. Putting them in a different context really helped: I felt like I listened to them and built the track around what they were wanting to say rather than fixing on a trance production and working in some vocals.

The music breathes in its own way.