The cover of the next album might be an image that includes movement, especially because the album will contain many sounds of rain and water. A few of the working titles are:
- slow 2 : rain
slow 2 : the rain album
slow guitar + rain drumming
slow 2 + water
Yes, I am obsessed with water. Many of my song titles have a variation of the word water in them. One cannot live in a desert, even one as relatively green as Santa Fe, without obsessing about water. (((maybe I should make a playlist with every song that has either water in the title or the sound of water on the recording… there will be loads…)))
A printed CD cover is always static but there is no reason that a digital file has to be. There are so many possibilities for a cover that combines a short video loop in the background with a foreground image that has the opacity turned down a little bit. I imagine an image of a guitar layered over a video loop that shows the reflections of the sun in a body of water. Or a macro photo of a drop of water that is layered over water movement. There are lots of possabilities there.
This is a quick Saturday morning experiment, using a photo I took last week and a short loop I found at freestockfootagearchive.com.
Above is the video and below is a 6 second GIF version, taken from that video.
Dear Ottmar,
I read your comment. I believe a poem that I would like to share with you.
The Source
In the deserts, I looked for you
I forgot your name.
In the deserts, I found oases
Without quenching my thirst.
In the deserts, I pitched a tent
Without feeling at home.
In the deserts, I saw golden palaces
That where only mirages.
In the deserts, a hand was streched out
That was not yours.
So I stopped.
Sunburned,
Petrified by the moon,
Lost in loneliness,
I called your name.
In the desert, I left my life
Like an old skin.
In the desert my dream desappeared
Like lightless beacons.
In the desert, I saw the invisible
Like a horizon that open.
The elusive desert opened
Like a boundless horizon
In the desert, I know longer
Who I was.
In the desert, I crossed the mirors
Like a wondering ghost.
So I faded away.
Sunburned,
Petrified by the moon,
Bathed in loneliness,
You spring from me,
Love.
Sweet afternoon to you,
Elisabeth.
I’m so glad a new album is in progress! Water… I have lately intensified my feeling for rivers and lakes.
I once spent time sitting at the edge of Lake Michigan in the sweet town of Saugatuck, Michigan. Every day a little muskrat came swimming toward me with a mouthful of grass, dove headfirst underwater, and soon surfaced, empty mouthed. In no time he was back with more grass and did the same routine. I loved that lake and the stupendous trees surrounding it. I wish my little guy all the best!
Maybe “Rhythmic Waters” or “Water Rhythms”…….
Wondering about the Lisbon sign. It touched a kindred feeling in my heart. Why is it in French?
I am not sure why it is in French. It’s an ad for a clothing company, I think.
I like the guitar-under-water image. Smoke is hinted, too. It tingles me!