GEARLOOSE

Behind the Music

For people interested in songwriting, also for me in the future when I don’t remember anything of my twenties.

The original idea for the song “Tomorrow at my Fingertips” came about a few years ago when my friend Liam and I were writing song with the idea of advertising in mind. “Tomorrow at my Fingertips” being an idea for handheld devices/smart-phones. The idea was to do a light acoustic tune with the line “Tomorrow at my fingertips” being a key line.
I wrote lyrics not long after a tough break up. “I’ve got tomorrow at my finger tips, the taste of you still on my lips. A walking feeling in my shoes, but which direction I can’t choose….” And then it grew from there, the main theme of feeling emotionally lost and disconnected, and not knowing what to do with yourself.
Originally thought to be an acoustic low-key number in the style of William Fitzsimmons, Cat Stevens or Elliott Smith, in development it got more upbeat and a more “produced” sound, becoming what it is now.

blackbirdmcnight:

tomorrow i have to go to the village where my dad’s buried 
i really don’t want to
my grandma is a witch and there’s complicated emotions
also this “FUCK IT” accident is making it worse
okay
i’ll be back at sunday evening anyway 

This is maybe the most interesting post I’ve ever seen on tumblr.

Spent all day in the studio (in bed on my MacBook) making a backing track to my new song “Tomorrow at my Fingertips”…
Slightly interesting to note that it was written while thinking about William Fitzsimmons/Cat Stevens, yet came out sounding like Belle and Sebastian/The New Pornographers. But, really, that could be said of a few of my tracks…

I’m happy with it. :D
I’ll start booking shows very soon… 

I’m on the twitter..

Jesus..
But I’ll tweet some funny things.

@gearlo0se 

New set is coming along nicely.. A couple of new songs, a couple of fun new covers, a new Jefferson Starship-inspired version of Frog Pond…. Now to get a gig somewhere to play them all for you :P