Icefire
Posted by ericvandenberg on November 1, 2007
Today, I am listening to “Watercolors”, an album by Pat Metheny from 1977. I really love his playing, his music, especially the early stuff, the soundtrack-type stuff, and this track is really incredibly beautiful.
Its just guitar, and the title… well, when you hear this track and imagine “Icefire”, it really makes sense, it conjures up images of a cold winter day, with wonderfully clear air (you prolly know what I mean… a day in winter, snow on the ground, its cold, but the air is so wonderfully clear), and its wonderful to listen to this track.
I like it when the title of an instrumental conjures up an image to go with the music. I try to do the same when I write songs. “Canyon Of Spirits”, “Hidden Creek”, “Atlanta Dawn”, all those titles are supposed to suggest what the song is about, and maybe the listener can imagine what I had in mind when I wrote and recorded the respective song.
Anyway, if you havent heard this Metheny-album or this track, check it out, its beautiful. I also love “Pat Metheny Group”, “American Garage”, “A Map Of The World”…
By the way, this “cinematic” approach is also something I love about Eric Johnsons music, like the “Venus Isle” album in particular…
