New Vid: 'Road Signs' & EP Release!
Hey everyone!
I’m happy to announce the release of my new video - ‘Road Signs‘, the second song from my new EP, recorded live with an audience, entitled ‘Live Recordering, Vol. 1’.
This piece is an arrangement I did a few years ago for a song I love by Naomi Shemer about finding your way back home. There’s something so simple about the original song, although interestingly each line of the original melody is 5-bars long - very atypical for this type of folk music (if you’re curious you can hear a classic version of the song here). This inspired in me both the thought of stability versus turmoil and its representation in music, and also the use of a repetitive bass line in my arrangement that is based on groupings of 5/8. I also changed the harmony quite a bit in the choruses and kind of hid the main melody in the piano part. With a keys solo by Adam Hersh and a drum solo by Angelo Spampinato, and some weird alien-sounding recorder effect to accompany it, this took a very different direction, which only comes back home I think in the last intimate chorus, which is the part that most resembles the original song.
There are a few more videos that will come out in the next few weeks, but if you can’t wait, all the songs are already out in audio form on my EP ‘Live Recordering, Vol. 1’ on all major platforms.
This is a very different project than anything I’ve done previously. I recorde(re)d this EP in front of a live audience in our previous home, which is something I’ve never dared to do before I met Hush Paz, the visionary of this project and a true sound wizard. He transformed our living room into a high-end studio in a few hours(!!) and also mixed this project with the utmost sensitivity to the finest details. I’m so proud of the amazing team work and talent that went into the music, by everyone involved: Mauricio Morales, Adam Hersh and Angelo Spampinato - my dedicated band that always takes it to the next level, Charlie Weinmann on the camera, Angelo (once again!) edited the videos, Oren Yaacoby helped us get the vocals just right, JJ Golden of Golden Mastering mastered masterfully, and all our friends who came to support. ♥️
Click here to listen to the EP
And lastly, to my family, extended family, and extended-extended family (if you’re reading this, you’re in one of those categories) - thanks for following along with me on this musical path. It can get rocky at times, but it’s always so meaningful to share these moments with you all. Thanks for being a music (and recorder) supporter!
Much love ♥️
Tali