tag:rezlow.com,2005:/blogs/music-blogsMusic Blogs .2017-01-12T07:15:27-08:00Rezlowfalsetag:rezlow.com,2005:Post/2188522014-09-09T21:15:00-07:002017-01-12T07:15:27-08:00After the boys of Summer have gone..."After the boys of summer have gone"....just been on the wireless...<br>Classic...I personally love that song...<br>So Summer is surely over for another year,<br>no chance of an Indian summer coming...but at least you guys have ‘From Here’ to keep warm with during the winter months that are to come. First of all thank you all again for your support we really appreciate it!<br>...So as the nights close in quicker, sounds and songs are running around the Rambling House! We are trying to find what shoes and outfits they will appear in...The writing sessions were great as you may see from some of the photos posted to Facebook....Charlie “Sonic” the Sheep...Dylan aka “the Donkey of Destiny”<br>...but a lot of work was done...we just wanted to crack on with album number two...you might say why...well why not...<br>There is just so much music to make and record so we needed to get busy again recording...we dusted down the shed moved the foosball table along with the sheep, cats, kittens, dogs, donkeys and others (no animals were harmed in the setting up the shed aka “the room”...)<br>I know it might be hard to believe, but we do get some serious sunshine on this island, so much so that i got burnt really badly on day one - my own fault really, but there you go, country air and sun will do that!...just my leg by the way...weird...rambling again now sorry....<br>The ‘From Here’ video was fun even though it doesn’t seem it! I wish i could put up a behind the scenes clip of the director shouting at me in the most quiet and emotional moments...pretty funny ...<br>So listening to Counting Crows now...august & everything after...great record, to me anyway...I remember jumping on my old High-Nelly (very old Irish bicycle)...and heading out the coast near Sandymount or Dollymount strand at dusk or sometimes dawn, always the best part of the days...you're either going out or coming home...just a really amazing atmosphere at those times of the day...personally I would love to hear that you might take Rezlow with you sometime on these adventures in the wee hours or early mornings...whichever....Oh and a special shout to Julia in South Carolina for your beach run photo of ‘7 Days’ (written in the sand to a gorgeous backdrop) genuinely blown away by that J..<br><br>...It’s a cliché now i know but some clichés are clichés for a good reason and that is... music is a soundtrack to the lives we live, the loves we love, the losses we lose and the gains we make....<br>... and this is something we all have in common we all live...we all love...we all lose...we all gain...but in between those times and in those times we have each other and that’s free. It doesn’t cost anything but our time...<br>And time we spend with the ones we love is priceless...<br>The music we make we pray that it brings smiles, laughter, dancing, tears and joy to the day to day you live. We make it because we love it and we have to make it. It’s a part of each of us and something we cannot refuse...unless we all want to go mad and start painting the walls...anyway...don't mean to be....i don't know what i don't mean to be...<br>...Listening to music everyday...makes everyday a better day for me...whatever music you choose if its Fat Boy Slim, Skinny Boy Bill...folk rock classical...opera...jazz...punk...whatever, we need music...<br>And music needs us. To me it’s the purest form of connecting to us humanities...no offence to painters, writers, actors...I love art, books, movies, theatre...but to me music is like our skin - we live in it everyday....for better or worse...we pull on our jacket...turn the lock on the door...step out into our day....and hit play on our playlist...and that’s our time we own. That time no one can tax or charge us.. for that we’re already paid up in full...life ....living the happiness, sadness, fun....and sometimes strange...we own that it’s our lives....our soundtrack....and we decide who performs it...we are the conductor, the life of the orchestra.<br>....as a band and people who play music we feel very blessed every time someone asks us to play a song...let me hear you....or whatever the situation....it’s a blessing.... but the only way that works is from all of us keeping together sharing our music, our lives & friendships....<br>Sometimes we all need a bit of oblivion....the best oblivion is in the music we love....<br>Thank you once again for your friendship...I shall ramble off to the wine cellar now....<br>Take care of each other....and we shall ramble again soon...<br><br><br>Terry<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</div>Rezlowtag:rezlow.com,2005:Post/2074362012-08-30T23:40:00-07:002015-09-23T21:14:43-07:00....”Sell Me, Sell Me, Sell Me”....’From Here’ <br>If you’re reading this then you should have already grabbed our debut album or you’re in the process of getting it but maybe copy and paste the above on your Facebook or whatever social media you use.<br>Welcome back to the Rambling House...we have been waiting for you...<br>So our first born is out and about in the big, bad, good, indifferent, funny, amazing and sometimes leaves you speechless music world and coming from from our sitting rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, bathrooms and various other domestic locations it was recorded in, we pray it will make its way into your homes and hearts and bring some cheer, some fun, some thoughts, some smiles and some dancing....postage and packaging of CDs has already begun for all you early birds...so thank you!....you know who you are and so do we… so thanks so very much!....<br><br>Once again we have had a weird summer on the island but we’re all working hard in Kerry right now.... On the release day we had the pleasure of Twitter Tuesday’s company - Mark & Carol from Butterflies Radio....champagne was popped, beers were had till the wee hours....a sheep even gate-crashed the party....that kind of thing can happen in the Kingdom....don’t worry the sheep is safe!....it’s actually Cill-i-Am’s (that’s Cillian by the way) lawnmower apparently....frightened the shit out of me but then again I’m city folk....<br><br>So back to the record, there’s a video up now for the title track ‘From Here’, maybe you would share it...it was shot less than a mile from where we recorded and mixed a lot of the music....it’s a beautiful place and very inspiring....in such a busy world we live in, sometimes you need to just stop and look around and something or someone will make you smile or show how amazing life is....because it is and people are amazing!....in such tough times for a lot of people you can find comfort in things that make you happy....music is one of them for me....people and love is another.<br>We are really excited about the release of ‘From Here’ which was done off our own backs with amazing support from the people who love us....behind every band or artist there are great people!....<br><br>Mams, Dads, friends....Princess...Aideen....Jean....Dee....Niamh....Jamie....Nelis....Murph....Marcel Schupp, Shane & Vicky....Doctor Rock...Jim… Fionn…Fred and Rea…Rob....Thomas & Sara & Lea Maria....the French connection Helen, Colm O’Sullabhian....Susan ....Nelly....our ipods....Delilah.... all the Mush’s....Padraig and the autumn longers Vaughans...and everyone who we have borrowed gear from!! the list goes on but I don’t want to put you to sleep....<br><br>....where was I?... oh yes, feel free to go to the guestbook area and leave a question or two or on Facebook ....don’t be shy...<br>These days we are all so close thanks to modern technology so please tweet or Facebook if you are somewhere listening to ‘From Here’....from wherever you are in the world.<br><br>Rezlow HQ is buzzing at the moment and the Rambling House is a hive of activity....we have a new addition....which is Sonic the Shed....where we have been making some new noises and rhythms looking for the next record....<br><br>As I have said previously times are hard....for some people more than others, but the one thing we can count on is that we have each other....and that’s not for sale!...so the Politician Man and his hand dagger can keep his grubby little hands off....<br><br>I will meet you here again, sooner rather than later enjoy ‘From Here’....from there....wherever you are....we shall ramble again soon....<br><br>Terry<br> Rezlowtag:rezlow.com,2005:Post/1721992012-05-24T16:40:00-07:002015-09-23T21:15:37-07:00From who you were to where you are…sitting down with a CD of three mp3 demo tracks one of them I've always referred to as 'the piano song'. I cranked up my old 16 track portable studio, set up a microphone loaded up the song, opened up the mic and thought to myself, what am I going to do with this? I don’t want to f**k up such a beautiful piece of music!…you guys can be the judge once you hear it<br><br>So headphones on, pen in hand, I just started listening to the song a few times. I couldn't turn it up loud enough and due to neighbours I couldn't blast it through the speakers late at night.. anyway I’m rambling on here.<br><br>With pen in hand I started scratching lyrics down. Before I knew it, I had pages of stuff all over the floor so I said OK, stop, I was just writing for the sake of writing! I gathered up the pages and just sat and listened to the song again and just hit record…and that was it after a couple of different takes. I stuck with the first one and sent It back to Brendan…It was rough and raw but it seemed to work…this was an early demo of the song which helped develop the final song 'From Here'….<br><br>'Run Riot' and 'Red Flag' got pretty much the same treatment but took a bit more time to do - longer songs/much more going on…<br><br>I had been watching television with the sound off while doing some of the work and the news was on. There was something significant happening in another part of the world at that time that helped me work on one of the tracks - which I had called a different name but it had to be changed for good reasons…maybe more on that another time…oh the mystery of it all…<br><br>With all the recordings there was a lot of fun running into some very late nights/early mornings - lots of vocals done late at night with lots of tea.... and wine<br>The second single face down was definitely one of those late night vocal takes. Kerry is an amazing place, especially the sky at night, right on the ocean.<br>It was a cold time of the year and this island can be pretty cold but nothing clears the head like the cold sea air when recording sessions are getting tough!<br>I’m not going to get into explaining the songs well not now anyway but feel free to email or Facebook or tweet what you think or feel about them…<br>To me it’s a personal thing I think everyone gets their own meaning from songs, movies, books and so on so “don’t ask me what it’s about”…anyway I think you get what I mean…<br><br>The house…the piano<br><br>There is something very special about where people choose to work be it music, art, writings…and being woken up each morning to the sound of ivory keys from a magnificent Steinway piano makes the coffee all the more sweeter…Brendan would always be up before the temper mental singer who wouldn’t go to bed early…always has to have one more chat…and try writing some song on the piano at 4am…thinking he’s Elton john…<br><br>Back to my point…to me it’s all about the space and we’ve had some amazing space to work in and some lets say unusual ones... like my sitting in room in Stoneybatter<br><br>”…Can you hear that ping terry”…<br><br>”No Brendan, but if you can hear then it’s there”…”So I will go get a beer and you fix it, good man”<br><br>…I’ll be in Kavanagh's (great little Dublin pub 2mins from my sitting room door)<br><br>Anyway rambling again…I recorded some years ago in Ventry, just outside of Dingle near Tralee. It is an amazing place. I spent a week there - tea and White Russians that time round…so this time when the lads decided that we wouldn’t go into a conventional studio but instead we would record “in the house”…it brought a smile to my face..Just doing our own thing, in our own time, no pressure, no watching the clock…<br><br>Great way to start a day, warm cup of coffee, a hand full of pages of words, lines, rants and scribbles. Watching the mist over the mountains rolling in…all great…until Brendan kicks me up the arse to do some work…but it’s not really work now is it…?<br>There’s a great view from the house - big front windows - so lots of air and brightness during the day to get the grafting done and then at night switch on a few low lights and the big bay windows turn into a real-time movie screen…I think that’s where the song 'Drive' came from actually - watching the headlights of the cars in the distant mountains, twisting and turning, disappearing and re-appearing again…singing is better at night don’t ask me why but there’s a bunch of reasons…and depends on the individual I guess…but I think one element is the chaos of the day is over and everyone is sleeping or resting…<br><br><br>Just to finish for now, we really hope you like the new single, get on to iTunes & to help get things moving. Go spread the word about the band and the songs…We are all really looking forward to all your reactions…music is such a great medium and we feel really grateful and privileged to able to make music and share it with you.<br>Oh and if you have lasted long enough to get through reading this post without me putting you to sleep, I thank you!<br><br>Thanks a million to every single one of you…<br><br>It really means a lot to us…<br><br>TerryRezlowtag:rezlow.com,2005:Post/1094912012-04-23T16:45:00-07:002015-09-23T21:16:03-07:00Welcome to The Rambling House<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: smaller;">The Rambling House is where Rezlow's Blog will live on rezlow.com. Future blog posts coming about our processes of writing the tracks & recording the album in living rooms & kitchens in Kerry & Dublin, on a Dublin bound train and some after thoughts!<br><br>We always welcome your feedback, comments and questions!<br><br>Stay tuned...</span></div>Rezlow