Hi MCS,
Here's another tune thats come out of a very enjoyable collab with HDA(Jay) and Bill (r4m).
The lyric was inspired during a visit to a First Nation's village where I was introduced to the magical concept of a "Dream Catcher". A dream catcher is a charm made out of feather and beads, which according to Indian folklore, keeps evil spirits and dreams away while letting all the good ones in. Wikipedia: The Ojibwa believe that a dreamcatcher changes a person's dreams. According to Terri J. Andrews, "Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through . . . Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day."Good dreams would pass through and slide down the feathers to the sleeper.
I went away with this idea and wrote the lyrics and a basic melody, but the old demo of mine just lay around for ages, till HDA (Jay) came and liberated it!!
I cant thank Jay enough for his contributions...he arranged/produced the song, played keys, and sang the lovely lead and backing vocals. Then Bill (r4m) laid down some atmospheric guitar parts with the showpiece being his achingly beautiful solo.
Eric (offsite) played an immaculate drum track, I put down some bass, and finally Argle knitted the sound together in his own inimitable way.
Jay and I have been talking about doing a collab for a while, and I am glad that our first effort together turned out to a very enjoyable experience...and hopefully you will enjoy listening to the track as much as we enjoyed making it!!
Cheers
Andy
Personnel:
Jay Lamothe (HDA) : Arrangement & pre-production, part lyrics, Lead & backing Vocals, all Keyboards.
Bill Gifford (r4m) : Acoustic and Electric guitars, including solo.
Eric Koskas : Drums
Andy Gupta : Lyrics & music, Bass
Adam Kirby (Argle) : Final mixing/production
Dream Catcher (c) 2009, lyrics & music: Andy Gupta/Jay Lamothe
Intro:
Slip in to the world now
Between half sleep and awake
Through the hallways that surround
Doors open invite
A loving angel comes through
Smiling takes your hand
To a place where lines diverge
As you're sinking deep in sleep
Verse:
Through the tunnels of dark and light
With colours wrapped all around
Patchwork quilt of seams
On a rainbow full of dreams
Visions that flit and resolve
On the sight-screens of your eyes
Savour all of the sounds
As voices blending harmonize
Chorus:
Dream a dream catcher's dream
As it slips in between
Just let it flow in and slip away
It will come again
Guitar Solo
Verse:
Be the keeper of the dream
As long as it can
Dreams that you receive
From the dream catcher's sieve
A loving angel comes through
Smiling takes your hand
To a place where lines diverge
As you sinking deep in sleep
Chorus and Coda:
Dream a dream catcher's dream
As it slips in between
Just let it flow in and slip away
It will come again
It will slip away
It will come again
It will slip away
It will come again......
Edit: Ape version attached 15-10-09.
