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Wayfaring Stranger
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Sarah Radovich, vocals; National steel, guitar, bass by yrs truly; Jeff Learman, piano; Chris Houle, drums; mixed by Bruce Valeriani of Blue Bear Sound, Ottawa; mastered by John Scrip of Massive Mastering.
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Michael Hughes, Auburn, Maine. Original acoustic & electric music.
I worked as a musician for about ten years after I finished my BA in English lit, which didn't sound nearly as interesting at the time as playing music. After an enjoyable but wasted youth of bands, solo & studio work, ten thousand nights in clubs & lots of touring, three albums with David Mallett, and a few years as a music journalist and free lance editor, I saw the writing on the wall. I said goodbye to all that & began teaching high school English & started building my project studio. It seems like I've been interested in recording music since I began playing the guitar back in grade school. From a cheap portable cassette tape recorder up through four track cassette "portastudios" and then reel-to-reel rigs to my first encounter with digital recording around 2000, I've always enjoyed trying to lay down sound. Some of the music up on my page was recorded on my first digital system (a Roland VS-1680), and some was recorded on my current system. So, as much as anything else, I'm interested in the art & science of making good sounding recordings. I write original music and do arrangements of music from a variety of sources. I'm trying to get at an emotional vibe and that elusive buzz with each recording, a core that I hope comes through in the sound of the instruments & the way I play.
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Michael Hughes
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February 17, 2007
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MP3 5.0 MB 128 kbps 5:30
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Clem Gareau
Nov 14, 2009
Great music and vocals Clem
Painted Water
May 10, 2009
This song is wonderful. Very nice performances and strong vocals. Thumbs up way up!
Kathy Reynolds
Mar 22, 2009
this is very Lovely.
AVALANCHE
Feb 19, 2009
Hi Michael... This track is just plain sensational. Great vocals, acoustic guitar and slide work, and bass...and the production is fabulous. The brushes are so cool to hear on those drums...that's not something you hear much these days...but it fit this track to a "T"... My only critical comment is about the tone of the piano...I just don't think it matches up to the rest of the track...it sounds like an inexpensive electric...trying to sound like a Yamaha C-9...and it doesn't pull it off. That however, is not enough to cause me to change my "rating" on this one to the five stars it clearly deserves. GREAT STUFF! (I had to add this one to my station!) Hugs...Mike (NAV)
The Naughty Step
Feb 17, 2009
This is lovely - vocals and guitar work really well together. I'll mark your page for future listens 'cause it seems you work from a broad pallette.
Wonderful, Michael, true, pure, sophisticated, wonderful sound, outstanding slide (of course) superb vocals. Very very good! Thank you for sharing From Frankfurt Andreas
Virgil Brian
Jan 12, 2009
this tune really reels you in!,,the slide work captures the delta feel,,,vocals smooth as glass,,,piano has cool riffs placed effectively great job !!