GEARLOOSE

Gearloose is the solo musical endeavour of a young man from New Zealand named Steven King. Feel free to listen to some tracks here, or find me on Facebook, or best of all come see me at a live show. Round the world trip starts June 22. :)

bookings and enquiries:
gearloose.nz@gmail.com
+64273085862
@gearlo0se

get music:
@ iTunes or..
@ bandcamp - free :)

drawings: here

~ Saturday, January 28 ~
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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.

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~ Monday, December 19 ~
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My New Song

The White Whale
Relax, I’m not 
in it for the kill
I don’t do it for the hunt
but for the thrill
If I could catch just one glimpse
I would die happy
Just to know 
that it truly exists
You don’t need to understand
why l live this way
I could spend my whole life
searching for that whale
Just to see it emerge
from the cold black waves
To not even try would be
the same as to fail

The tune I wrote makes me think about wanting to see a whale.. and the sort of feeling I get when I see up close, or get to touch an animal; like we could be pals. I’ve never seen a whale before, and I reckon if I met one we could be good mates. The lyrics are a bit of an homage to Moby Dick, but if I was Cpt. Ahab I wouldn’t want revenge on the whale, I’d want to be his friend.

…And that’s how I write songs. :) It’s also a pretty succinct example of why I’ll never make it big as a song writer, but I don’t care. My songs make me happy, and sometimes other people like them too, which is cool.

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