Oliver Giving

As a few of you might have heard, I am currently working on a full length album entitled “In the Hearts of Seeds.”  It’s a collaboration between myself and  one of my best friends Madam Roar, a talented singer/songwriter with a bent well towards the experimental side of her craft.  This album is fully avant-garde, a balance between acoustic and electronic, between waking life and dreamscape.

A few weeks ago, we recorded Ms Roar’s sister Jamie singing some parts on a few of the songs.  It was her first time ever being recorded and she was a tad nervous.  It took her a few takes to get into it and find her pace, but when she did the raw beauty of her voice totally blew me away.

At 52 seconds into the song (listen below) Jamie sings “I’m letting go” a few different times.  I was so inspired by these few seconds of singing that it ended up being the pivot point around which I built and balanced the production and mix for the whole song.  I was compelled to carefully frame her in this way.

I’m coming away from this experience with a renewed understanding of how inspiration builds on inspiration.  This methodology is the life blood of truly uncompromised art and innovation.

Thanks Jamie, this wouldn’t be half the album without you!

02 Easy Way by olivergiving

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