Rescue Mission (Any Day Now)
All of my early recordings live on CD-Rs. As we all know, those things are ticking time bombs rather than the sturdy backup medium they once promised to be. I was hardly surprised then that after eight years on the shelve, my demo ‘At Least I Tried’ could no longer be played back on my iMac. Lest more of my personal treasures be lost forever, I immediately embarked on a rescue mission - ripping all discs that were still readable. Fortunately, all but the aforementioned demo could be salvaged. Pfew!
Among the rescued, my very first (home) studio recording:
This was recorded in February of 2001 by Ton Jenner, whom I had met only a few weeks prior. He generously offered to record a couple of my songs for free, a venture that turned out to be the start of one of my most treasured friendships. I remember lying in my bed and playing the song over and over, utterly amazed that I had a part in it’s creation. It may not measure up very well to the kind of professional studio recordings we’re all so used to hearing but, to me at least, this one is, was and always will be pure magic.
Update: my work computer was able to read ‘At Least I Tried’, so even that demo is now saved - yay!
