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Round and Round
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A ballad which journeys through angst and existence in the midst of society's hall of mirrors, written by Paul McCallion & performed by Paul on acoustic guitar & vocals, & Rob on electric guitar. Inspired by the technicolour void of glitz & glamour.
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The Golden Dawn includes Paul McCallion,guitar & vox, Robert Wood, guitar,bass & vox,Werner Broos,guitar & vox, Gege Lhomme,drums & Torsten Froemelt,guitar & vo
The Golden Dawn is a project involving musicians, composers and singers who live in France, Germany, England and the USA. All friends who have known each other for years Of the lot, Rob has worked as a professional musician for many years based in France and Werner has worked professionally in England. The others are all music lovers and players with David now starting out on his musical journey at university after playing in his school band for several years, and Gege, who has worked in too many countries to list here, is still the great sound engineer he has always been as well as being an inspiring drummer. The line-up is: Paul acoustic guitar, electric guitar & vocals, Werner, acoustic guitar, electric guitar & vocals, Torsten, acoustic guitar, electric guitar & vocals, Rob, electric guitar, bass guitar & vocals, David, bass guitar, Gege, drums and, last but not least, Jochen, with ideas, support & jam sessions on his various guitars. Because of the nature of the band the line-up varies from two to five in general. For example, Girls Care was recorded by three of the band, Werner, Torsten & Rob, and Round & Round was recorded by two of the band, Paul & Rob. Both recordings were first and only takes. Indeed TGD like spontaneity, live playing, open arrangements, one shot takes, improvisation, interesting sounds, atmosphere and grooves.
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Author
McCallion Wood
Rights
SACEM 2007
Uploaded
November 02, 2009
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MP3 7.2 MB 128 kbps 7:52
Story behind the song
A winter's night, with snow around Holy Rood. Paul and Rob record one of Paul's songs on cassette using a couple of mikes in the living room so as not to forget the changes later at Werner's studio. Second time through,with a bottle of Bordeaux to warm the soul, Paul plays his Sunrise acoustic and sings, one mike perched in front of him and Rob plays his '76 Mustang through an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Big Muff and Boss DD-2 Delay, splitting the signals into a Vox 15W Pathfinder and an Epiphone 25W Bass Combo, with a mike on the amp furthest from Paul's. This results in some interesting stereo patterns on both guitars and vocals as Paul's mike picks up what's going on. The cassette recording was pre-mastered by Paul, and finally mastered by Rob as a winter memory. The mix of ballad, acoustic guitar, lyrics and distorted electric guitar tell the story of when the party's over.
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Round and Round ---------------------- thinking of the past and everyone I've ever known faces in the cast everyone a standing stone all their names go rolling by the Hall of Fame of my life in my life in my life in my life my life some say life goes up and down I say it goes round and round that's the way time flows that's the way it goes there is no beginning there is no end only round round and round round and round round round and round there is no beginning there is no end only round and round and round round and round round round and round in my life in my life in my life my life Copyright SACEM 2007 / PMC
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