Sunday, April 1, 2018

A Song for my Father

I like to play guitar and write songs, but I haven't been able to do so for the past 2+ years because I've been so busy, tired, and sore from all the farm work involved with the fig propagation project I've been doing for the fig community.

Last week I decided that had to change, so I set aside about 5 hours (which really just equated to playing late at night and losing more sleep), and was able to create a short demo album of 9 songs.  Time was in short supply, so the songs are mostly just 1st-take rough drafts and many lack lead guitar tracks, but they still convey the gist of what I hear in my head each day as I work.

Here's one that I wrote for my Dad:



If you want to check out the rest of the album, you can listen to the songs free at https://jameswesleysperman.bandcamp.com/releases