Harbor

Harbor
© Copyright 2017

Contact Info:
Billy Kemp - 615-947-7183
billykempmusic@gmail.com

Release date: September 1, 2017

Composer: Billy Kemp
Publisher: Willbilly Music, BMI

Melodica - Billy Kemp
Guitar - Billy Kemp
Mandolin - Craig Eastman
Lap Guitar - Craig Eastman
Violins - Craig Eastman

Billy's Notes:

Harbor began with an improvisation one night in November, 2016. I was playing the melodica with headphones on with lots of plate reverb. I started to repeat a chordal motive and liked it. I set a mic up and recorded the melodica part. Then I put an arpeggiated guitar part on with my 1930 Martin 2-17. I lived with it until sometime in March. During that interval I began to think that the sound reminded me of the container ships coming into the harbor of Baltimore. Then I thought of my friend, Craig Eastman, who is a multi-instrumentalist in Los Angeles, and thought he could add some more colors to the track. Craig played mandolin, lap guitar, violin and tenor violin. This track always takes me back to Baltimore. I sometimes walk with my Dad at Fort McHenry’s one mile loop, and we usually hear and see a container ship arriving to the port to unload. When they blow their horn, it echoes off of the brick buildings that surround the harbor.

Note to DJs

Harbor (3:02) Slow moving instrumental cinematic, with a sustaining wash of melodica, violins and lap guitar featuring Billy on melodica and guitar, with Craig Eastman on everything else.