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Use Words if You Have To

by Chris Falson

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Holy Spirit 04:29
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The Mesa 04:42
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Nothing But 03:53
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I Will Wake 05:13
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He Saved Me 04:11
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Weinmoos 05:02
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Use Words 04:03

about

Use Words is an Instrumental album of songs and pieces of music I like to play when creating my own 'quiet' space for prayer and meditation.

The title is taken from the famous line of Francis of Assisi "Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words"

I recorded all the parts in our living room during a week of 'having the house to myself'... and oh what a mess I created with mics, guitars, cables and so on all over the place... a chaos quite unlike these recordings.

My intent was to use whatever I had in the house and as I had recently borrowed a lovely old Banjo from Hank Linderman I was able to add an Americana feel to some of the pieces. For percussion I played a small hand drum that someone had given me... more of a 'nice thing to hang on the wall'... but it's sound was delicate and fitted perfectly into these spacious themes. I made up a few shakers out of soda cans 'half-filled' with brown rice (organic of course... you can hear the difference)... and then using my voice, my assortment of acoustic guitars, an old bass, a broken tambourine and, while my desire was to 'stay organic', for a few brief moments I played my old analog synth to add some of the Sigur Ros air.

Enjoy.

credits

released December 3, 2014

All Instruments and vocals: Chris Falson
Recorded by Chris Falson @ the empty house studios
Mastered by Tony Green
Album photo by Kevin Roley

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Chris Falson Los Angeles, California

Singer-songwriter, studio musician, composer, producer, entrepreneur, touring artist, published author.

With 14 solo albums to date, Chris has performed all around the world for audiences of between one and one hundred thousand. Highlights include Wembley Stadium, The LA Coliseum, Shea Stadium, a bell tower in Burglen and for Pope John Paul’s visit to the US in ’93.
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