{"id":1340,"date":"2017-11-04T22:25:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T22:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2017-11-21T03:09:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T03:09:56","slug":"connections-and-creations-part-6-were-better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/connections-and-creations-part-6-were-better-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Connections and Creations. Part 6: We’re Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Wednesday 25th<\/sup> October<\/h3>\n

Kathy\u2019s fundraiser has reach \u00a32500!<\/a> Her story was covered in a Canadian newspaper<\/a> and rather sweetly, the journalist mentioned that \u2018even a Brit has written a song for her\u2019.\u00a0 I found this quite lovely as I never think of myself as a Brit.\u00a0 I\u2019ve broken into The Brits a few times, but I\u2019ve never considered myself to be one.\u00a0 But I guess I am.<\/h3>\n

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Good news!\u00a0 Dwayne sent the drone footage. It\u2019s crazy seeing yourself that small against a large landscape.\u00a0 I hardly recognise myself and what a peculiar walk I have.\u00a0 That will be the fallen arches and weak ankles I guess.\u00a0 I never knew I looked like that when I walked.\u00a0 Oh well, old flat foot strikes again. The video is looking very lovely.\u00a0 Nothing fancy, but quite true to the journey the song has taken me on.<\/h3>\n
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Kathy and Tim at CMW 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

Tonight I am taking part in a recording session in Toronto via the wonders of\u2026FaceTime.\u00a0 Whilst I remain undecided about the eventual effects of instant internet connectivity, this surely is a huge plus for musicians.\u00a0 Working remotely with music is commonplace now but I\u2019ve not done it very much and I\u2019ve never felt like I was at a session that was taking place on another continent.\u00a0 Ben and I try hard not to make too many Star Wars jokes (yes, Star Wars obsessive \u2013 guilty as charged) while Alexy works through the drum parts in the control room.\u00a0 After an hour or so, he actually thinks I am there in Toronto and half expects me to walk into the room at any moment.\u00a0 I too realise how loudly I am talking at 4 o\u2019clock in the morning and wonder if I\u2019ve woken any neighbours up. \u00a0 It\u2019s all quite surreal, but it works perfectly.\u00a0 Alexy nails the drums and the whole song has shifted up a gear.\u00a0 It\u2019s starting to sound epic and my face is aching from smiling.\u00a0 Ben is also just about to shoot a video for his own single the next day.\u00a0 This is pretty amazing.\u00a0 Most artists would be having an early night before a video shoot the next day. I feel ever so slightly blessed, but truth be told, it\u2019s the song that\u2019s being blessed and it carries a lot of love within it now, from many corners of the world. As an extra cherry on the top, the supreme and heartfelt musician Vezi has also recorded Hammond on the song. So now we have a drummer from Montreal, a choir from The Isle of Wight, a violinist from North London, a pianist from Reading and an organist and mastering wizard both from Toronto and a flat footed vegetarian songwriter originating from Soho.<\/h3>\n

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After going backwards and forwards for a few days, putting all their heart into it, Alexy and Ben have mixed and mastered the song. I have finished the video. I\u2019ve uploaded it to digital stores, but it will also be available on my website<\/a> to download (recommended!)<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s all ready to share. The video will premiere on Wednesday 29th\u00a0November. If you haven’t done so already, please donate to Kathy’s fundraiser here.<\/a><\/h3>\n

Have you missed the first five chapters of this story? Go here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h3>\n

To donate to help Kathy get back on her feet again, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Tim on FaceTime to Toronto. Alexy Guerer drums. Ben Pelchat engineers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wednesday 25th October Kathy\u2019s fundraiser has reach \u00a32500! Her story was covered in a Canadian newspaper and rather sweetly, the journalist mentioned that \u2018even a Brit has written a song for her\u2019.\u00a0 I found this quite lovely as I never think of myself as a Brit.\u00a0 I\u2019ve broken into The Brits a few times, but…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[121,101,67,120,102,103,106,109,107,124,74,72,100,80,108,122,105,104,94,53,123,29,69,78],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_5944-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions\/1416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}