Marty
Van Wells

An impromptu recording. I didn't really know what i was even doing. I suppose i was just wingin' it, Sitting in bed, holding an old phone up as a mic and just hoping for the best.The kinda sound i was going for was like an early 1960's folksy vibration because that was the best i could really do.I'd written some of these songs years ago, but never really had any drive or notion to ever attempt to capture the sound I could hear in my head.So becoming bedbound for a summer, then was really nothing else to do.

It all feels rather nostalgic.I really had no clue what to do after I had something i was happy to share. Like all the publishing and the complicated legal side to things.The only thing i did know was that i wanted to avoid relinquishing any creative control whatsoever. I guess that could probably makes me a little selfish to some extend.

I recorded 'Songs To Share' and mixed it until i was happy and then spent like 3 or 4 months understanding what the hell all the rights were about for each song.There's just some many damn acronyms to remember, which is something no-one ever tells you about.And don't even get me started on the wsubject of music promotion.

I wanted to make something that felt like it was just something more than safe folk songs.I bought real equipment and had to spend a lot of time to understand how i had recorded previously.A huge learning curve, but it was all worth it.I was able to mess around with vocal harmonies and rounds to add more to my voice.

As much as I love to write songs about flowers, the ocean and whatever hippy-dippy themes i can think of on each day. I want something deeper.I was reading about Greek mythology, Ancient Empires and Philosophy.

It is difficult not to think about the irony and tragedies of these stories and tales that you've been reading while working on the next song.It all is starting to drift away from any form of classic folk/folksy songs and is becoming something more integrated and complex and i couldn't be happier.

I am just in love with the process, man.i like stumbling on a few chords that sound good together. It becomes a little puzzle, like what's the next move? Thinking about what it feels like and how it should sound.The scribbled down words, the constant earworm and the right environment for how to capture it.If i am ever struggling to finish something, i will just listen to whatever i can cobble together on repeat until i can almost hear what else is needed.

It's all still fresh and new to me. I didn't think i ever get to the positions to complete something to release it. Initial it gets you hooked on numbers and data but then it settles down.Like is there ever a real moment when you feel like you've made it? What would that even look like? I suppose if a song ever gets sampled in another genre like hip-hop, I'd obviously be happy, but who knows.

I have been writing songs for years now, and still have a load of acoustic things i want to work on before i start wiring up an electric guitar and amp.So hopefully i can squeeze out another album or two this years before i start turning things up.