This summer, I went into the forest. This is what I took with me: A guitar case including my beloved guitar and a capodaster. A camera tripod. A small digital recording device that fits perfectly onto that tripod. Spare batteries. A camera to take some photos. A bottle of water.
I guess you can picture the rest. Find good place to sit on a branch or something. Install recording stuff. Tune guitar. Play and sing along.
Hiding behind sampled loops or complex multitrack arrangements makes things a lot easier, but also bears the risk of forgetting what all this initially was about, so I felt I had to get back to where I started a few years ago, strip some of my songs down to their essentials and use only the most fundamental tools: my guitar and my voice.
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I wanted to keep the songs as plain and simple, as authentic and pure as possible, so this time there has been no subsequent editing at all, apart from adjusting the levels a bit. You will hear the strings buzzing at times, or my voice scratch or not reach a note. You will hear cargo trains and airplanes passing by in the distance, wind shaking the leaves and birds singing along. Don't expect a glamorous release. It's not supposed to be a brilliant piece of music. But I'd be delighted if, when you close your eyes, it could make you feel a little bittle like you were in the forest in summer, sitting right next to a humble girl with a guitar.
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