TOSOTT - The Other Side of the Tracks

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There is a special announcement right at the start.

Episode 10 is a behind-the-scenes presentation of my experiences making the "The Other Side of the Tracks"

You will hear extracts from several music tracks, either instrumentals or songs with the vocals removed, taken from my home-produced albums - Prescient, The Flat White Album, and Not All It Seems REDUX.  These albums, which have each been featured in separate episodes, are available on all streaming platforms.

Music videos for all tracks are here:

Adam Buxton’s explanation of the type of 'interview' issue which I’ve specifically avoided, is an extract from the Richard Herring ‘RHLSTP’ audio podcast, #531 (Oct 02 2024).

Cheers,

Greg

This episode documents the re-imagining of “Running from Red”, a song written by Martin Hale for our collaborative album Prescient (2015).  The song is based on his

Running from Red (Extended Mix) brings us up to date, to a time when the world is teetering on the edge of WWlll following the invasion of Ukraine.

Information is given about the production circumstances, decisions and processes behind the new version.

The two tracks are available on all streaming platforms, including Spotify:

- The original Running from Red (Track 8, 'Prescient', 2015), is:

https://open.spotify.com/track/7ySOuLoKJdzul2oKNCTYzj

- Running from Red (Extended Remix) (2022) is:

There’s a music video for each version as follows:

- The original version is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0wp17gtQDE

- The remix is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mNRxgcnlM8

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This episode documents the journey of two musicians, Greg Barnett and Mike Levy, as they compare their

The two musicians narrate their memories of the original album's creation and its production challenges, along with a track-by-track analysis of both albums, highlighting the changes in arrangements and production choices. There are several audio samples to illustrate the narrative, offering listeners a glimpse into the original album's sound and Greg's new interpretations.

The two albums are available on all streaming platforms. including Spotify:

"Not All It Seems" (2002) - https://open.spotify.com/album/4h3HPTIxrHwb12hBOZCDnK

“Not All It Seems REDUX" (2021) - https://open.spotify.com/album/2Ay8ZBcleWyIUVx3q72ZIV

The 12 music videos for REDUX are here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYpjk5Y720&list=PLzoPh-b4qN3G3I7UiA3V4fbExy-aVxqCX

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Greg Barnett took piano lessons very young for a few years then taught himself guitar when The Beatles stormed the scene.  He’s had an off/on relationship with piano and guitar over the decades but they each brought different gifts when he started songwriting late, at age 50.  The digital piano became particularly important when he started home-studio production in his mid 60’s. 

Greg explains his musical journey and what he found to be special or unique about each instrument, illustrating many of the points with audio examples.

He references his only three songs specifically written on piano.  Available on all streaming platforms, the music videos are here:

Oy Veh, Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txPASNujhHk

Home is Where the Heart is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6wAmpmuuSI

Let Go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0BGRDBBDK0

Also, his cover of Hard To Say I’m Sorry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKdLEr0TJZA

Other extracts/snippets:

- Bluegrass guitar covers by Greg: these were unreleased and their titles long forgotten.

- The Beatles: “She Loves You” (1963 – UK)

- Joni Mitchell: “Rainy Night House” (Ladies Of The Canyon, 1970)

- James Taylor: “Fire and Rain” (Sweet Baby James, 1970)

- Chicago: “Introduction” (Chicago Transit Authority, 1969)

- Tina S - Moonlight Sonata, 3rd Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rBK0BqL2w

Greg’s own music page:http://www.clancys.com.au/music/

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PS.  The image used for this episode was AI-generated. AI is getting better with human anatomy, though often makes mistakes, particularly with hands.   Ditto for musical instruments.  You’ll notice the piano has a weird layout. The guitar has six tuning pegs, seven strings, and even more bridge pins.  But I was happy with the overall image composition.  I was quite taken with the ‘hair’ ... about as much as I’ve now lost from my own head!! 😊  

Martin Hale and Greg Barnett met in 2013 and, after a year or so of playing covers for fun they wrote, home-produced, and released, the 12-track album “Prescient” (2015) under the made-up artist name of ‘Nothing At All’.

This is the story of the meeting, their getting to grips with their different DAWs, some behind-the-scenes for each track, as well as examples of the final tracks.

Prescient is available on all streaming platforms, e.g. Spotify -

1. The Cloud/Uberveillance - Part 1

2. The Coast

3. Dilmun

4. Colours fade

5. The Bloke Upstairs

6. You and I

7. Paint by Numbers

8. Running From Red

9. The Cloud/Uberveillance - Part 2

10. Scent of Summer

11. Another Year

12. The Cloud/Uberveillance - Part 3

Music videos are also available - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k9DVJVnssY&list=PLzoPh-b4qN3GI4rmmPztNA98bZCY6B9GB&pp=gAQBiAQB

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In this episode, Greg Barnett gives a personal view of his first-ever songwriting achievement with a friend, a

The three version of “Fields and Sunny Skies” are listed below.

1. From the album “Not All It Seems (2002) feat.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3lchpF71an3xxuqkKxCbFc

2. From the album “Not All It Seems REDUX" (2021) feat. Greg Barnett:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6gtGmPuCApw8h0YB9j7onr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYpjk5Y720

3. The single (2021) feat. Jennifer Matthews:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2LtkWO7ouG0b3Vuh2KwoAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdql1tbRoqM

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In this episode, Greg Barnett gives a

The examples discussed are taken from these

Prescient - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k9DVJVnssY&list=PLzoPh-b4qN3GI4rmmPztNA98bZCY6B9GB

The Flat White Album - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laI4VpOutds&list=PLzoPh-b4qN3H2j8AOPkQ_7X-C57jJGlz2

Not All It Seems (REDUX) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYpjk5Y720&list=PLzoPh-b4qN3G3I7UiA3V4fbExy-aVxqCX

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This episode is about discovering a German song,

The original “Nächster Schritt” is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmNmFKs_jZk

https://open.spotify.com/album/3CSVl9Lt2Egpa5lm1Gm6RZ

Stefan is a keen musician, songwriter and

Greg’s cover, “Where Is Your Smiling Face?”, is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgRUrhqjdn4 or

https://open.spotify.com/album/4vg4i7gviqbCOTsEwYTHtT

To compare the versions in this episode, the original is at 4:10, the cover at 18:17.

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While we have never met in person, I first encountered Logan Ellis in 2021 when seeking someone to independently review my own albums.   Despite his being by a self-confessed ‘Metal-Head’ he had shown, in other works he had reviewed, a clear ability to analyse musical and production strengths and weaknesses.  

SP Records is a project that's helmed by Logan.  The Kiwi [New Zealand] founder/manager of Spiderhands Productions is a musical man that wears many hats. As a creative professional, he teaches, records, produces and reviews music from around the world. One of his favourite things is doing literally everything related to his music, from the singing, instrumental performances, songwriting, recording, production, mixing and mastering. He specializes in writing music that simultaneously fulfils his creative preferences while giving zero thought to "making music the way that he should". He loves Metal and Electronic Music, and likes everything in-between.

This Episode was created by him during the creation of his new work “Feast”.  Despite several spoken references about his uncertainty about how he will finish it, it IS finished and the full released version can be heard here -

Logan’s website: https://www.spiderhands.co.nz
His links: https://www.spiderhands.co.nz/links

The Flat White Album was my third album but my first solo project. At the time of release in 2020, it really WAS "Twenty Years Ago Today" from the first song I ever wrote.

Unsure how to approach this podcast audio story about a 30-track project, I've cherry picked a few random bits and pieces common to the whole project. At least by having done everything myself I still have access to the original components to use for illustration.

There is a more complete story, along with a Songbook of chords and lyrics, available as free PDFs at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CzvABWRPow5KopL1KdX6XZUeU9CaQ48L?usp=drive_link as well as some third-party written reviews.

'The Flat White Album' (2020) by Greg Barnett is on all digital platforms including:

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/3e8QWqfdP83ypa4zB2p7xO

Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-flat-white-album/1489069531

YouTube Music - https://music.youtube.com/browse/MPREb_P7XCOfo5XGI

Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com.au/albums/B085VNR93J

MUSIC VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvCWgm9uEHNvpDJAnGUDPxH7bDl1FVn9g

I'll respond to any questions you leave in the Podcast comments.

Greg

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