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By Occasion of a White Whale (1994)

from My Life In Headphones - Demo Scrapbook by Christy

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I don't exactly remember writing this oddity. There is a brief echo in my mind of playing the riff over and over and the high F chord, whilst recording a scratch demo with Bryan who was the bands lead guitarist at that point. There is a short bit of video of Bryan & I at Borley that summer, strumming through this very song.
What is it all about? I think it is rather nursery rhyme and innocent, that is why i made no attempt to change the happy/sad good/bad etc of the second half of the song. Is it high end poetry, no, but it wasn't trying to be, it just spilled out nearly 20 years ago from a fertile imagination, which may well of had some stimulation of sorts.
I still like the idea of a wise whale showing up and telling us how we might move forward more peacefully and harmoniously as a species.
Enjoy! :-)

Recording: The toot toot sounds are real Calliope samples. The whale calls are Humpback Whale.

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from My Life In Headphones - Demo Scrapbook, released January 1, 2000
Written and performed* by Christy
Bass - Diego Pacheco-Bloch

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I used to be a singer/guitarist with various rock bands, but now I am a father and husband first and foremost, who on occasions writes songs and produces various artists

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