"FLYING TO THE SUN", A 9 MINUTE 26 SECOND MARATHON BALLAD, HAS FINALLY BEEN POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD PURCHASE ON THE 'PETER J STEIN' ARTIST'S PAGE OF CDBABY, WITH THE SINGLES "THE VESSEL", AND "MORE EACH DAY", AS WELL AS ACCOMPANYING STEIN'S 2 ALBUMS, BROKEN MAN - TRAPPED IN TIME, AND UNDER AN OPEN SKY.
WITHIN JUST A FEW HOURS (OR DAYS) "FLYING TO THE SUN", A 9 MINUTE BALLAD OF LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR IPOD DOWNLOADS ON CDBABY, AND SOON ALSO ON AT LEAST 9 ADDITIONAL E-STORES, MUSICAL WEB OUTLETS, ONLINE SONG SERVICES, AND FRUIT MARKETS. GIVE IT A WHIRL; FLY TO THE SUN!.............pjsteinsongs
DUE TO AN UNEXPECTEDLY PUZZLING CHANGE IN TEMPERAMENT, "FLYING TO THE SUN" HAS MADE AN EARLY, ESCAPE LIFT-OFF, WITH NEGLIGIBLE RESIDUAL DAMAGE. LISTENERS WILL SOON HEAR A REMARKABLE REFERENCE EDIT, AS LUSH GRETSCH WHITE FALCON TREBLY TONES COME SEARING THROUGH, MIXED COMFORTABLY WITH ORGAN, BASS, HARMONICA, DRUMS, AND LYRICS. PJSTEIN WAILS OUT HIS EPIC NARRATIVE FOR 9 MINUTES, DETAILING THE PATHOS, ETHOS, MYKONOS, AND WHEAT TOAST OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S NECESSARY STRUGGLE WITH EMOTIONAL TYRANNY, IN A QUEST FOR EMOTIONAL LIBERATION.
It looks like we have about 30 diverse tracks for "Flying To The Sun", and there remains the challenge of finding the best, acceptable mix, trying to include various elements that will not drown each other out, placing the vocals and instruments in various proportions, positions, volume,EQ,effects,etc.The process is challenging, and the choices are often made by a 'feel', simple reflections of one's personal tastes, with some basic acoustic rules.
IT TAKES AWHILE, MAYBE EVEN A COUPLE OF LIFETIMES, TO APPRECIATE AND SAVOR THE THOUSANDS OF ACOUSTIC AND DIGITAL NUANCES, THAT CAN DELIBERATELY, YET OFTEN SURPRISINGLY AND UNPREDICTABLY, CREATE THE PENETRATING SEQUENCES OF SOUNDS THAT COMPRISE A SONG. I AM WORKING ON A 9 MINUTE EPIC TUNE, "FLYING TO THE SUN", WHICH I CAN, ONLY WITH GREAT HUMILITY, ASSERT THAT MY STYLE HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY DYLAN'S "QUEEN JANE APRROXIMATELY", "VISIONS OF JOHANNA", "DESOLATION ROW", AND "LIKE A ROLLING STONE", THE GREAT, GREAT DYLAN BALLADS THAT EMERGED IN THE 1960'S...
HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO CORRECT A COUPLE OF INCORRECT NOTES, AND TO ADD SOME UNEXPECTED EFFECTS! HOPING TO ENLIST A SURPRISE GUEST KEYBOARD/ORGAN TRACK IN A WEEK OR TWO THAT WILL TIGHTEN THIS SONG INTO A FOOT-STOMPING, HEART-BENDING BALLAD. ONCE COMPLETED, THERE MAY BE A LIVE RENDITION. STAY TUNED!
ONE NEVER KNOWS WHERE INSPIRATION WILL COME FROM, SO DON'T BOTHER LOOKING. WHILE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A SONG EARLIER THIS WEEK, A COUPLE OF TINY MUSICAL PHRASES SLIPPED IN, THAT MYSTERIOUSLY BLENDED WITH A FEW ACHING MEMORIES FROM MY EARLY LIFE IN BROOKLYN, BACK IN THE MID-1950'S. JUST 2 DOORS DOWN FROM US, THERE LIVED A GIRL...OH, NEVER MIND - BETTER NOT GET TOO DETAILED. MEANWHILE, AS THIS SONG WAS DEVELOPING, AND AS I WAS SEARCHING FOR A MIDDLE PART, TO BRIDGE THE VERSES, I HAD JUST FINISHED READING A FRIEND'S POEM - REGARDLESS OF THE CONTENT OF THE POEM, THE FORM OF THE POEM STRUCK ME AS REPRESENTING 'IMMEDIACY', 'MOMENTARINESS', AND 'TRANSIENCE', AS THE POEM DEPICTED VIVID, DRAMATIC INSTANCES OF SMELLS, SOUNDS, IMAGES, AND SNAPSHOTS OF TIME, THAT WERE SUDDENLY GONE; AND SUDDENLY. THE PHRASE CAME INTO MY MIND, PERHAPS FROM ANOTHER SONG: "CAPTURING THE MOMENT AND THE MOMENT'S GONE"; AND I HAD MY BRIDGE, AND 3 INTERESTING CHORDS TO GO WITH IT...PJS
Based on stories only recently emerging from small talk on the streetcorners of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, somewhere near Lundy's, there is evidence that Stein is emerging from his listless stupor and beginning to contemplate a third record album. Listen to a minute of a clip of "Cloudy World", a rough segment of disparate lyrics thrown together and captured on his iPhone.
YOU CAN NOW VIEW AND DOWNLOAD "THE VESSEL" AND "MORE EACH DAY" ON CD BABY:
Stein's 13th song in 13 months, The Vessel, was launched to iTunes yesterday, and represents the culmination of a 13 month period of intense, creative energy. There will be a latency period beginning today for an undetermined length of time before a new song emerges, but the listener will be notified promptly, once Stein returns from a brief voyage into a recently discovered, hitherto unexplored realm of unconscious terrain.
As you can hear from the audio stream, The Vessel is safely home, and now I can rest.
Listen to the latest edit of The Vessel, which will stream by as the website opens, as the song approaches the final studio mix.
In case you are free on April 26, May 21st, and July 15, you can check out Central Beat Live, performing vintage classic rock!
It was a grand session, with fellow musician Marshall O. spending several hours in the studio on3/28/2009, creating a beautiful piano and organ accompaniment for The Vessel, as well as a trumpet track, which will bring the Vessel to a dramatic ending. You can sample the rough edit as it streams by at the #1, 2, or 3 spot on this website's new Streaming Audio feature. More vocal back-ups were added on 3/31/2009, and the work on a final mix has begun!
With the recent addition of backup vocals audible on today's new clip, The Vessel will soon complete its trip, once keyboard and final backup vocals are added within the week.