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Just got back from deep in the hills at Maleny...a heart land of Australian folk and acoustic...blessings to all the people there as we felt very welcomed at the Upfront club...thanks to Danny and Serve for simple homegrown hospitality...love the rustic artist accommodation also thanks to Brian at the Sol Bar for holding a space for artists...Eumundi markets and Peter Hoffman for having us and especially the little girl in the gold dress doing a ballerina pirouette to my new song...some footage captured at the bar uploaded here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdK3bCz1jK4&feature=related
peace CM
Features an innocent take on Bob Marley's Soul Shake Down at the end...quite a deep far reaching discussion ouch
This is a late night interview with Ugly Phil...I took him on a few tangents....
It has been18 months since Cheynne Murphy released his Firesongs for the Soul EP at the 2009 Bluesfest and he is poised now to launch his debut album entitled Firesongs for the Soul II: Spaces In-between in January 2011. The Firesongs For the Soul concept embodies the spiritual yearning in Cheynne’s songs but also represents the eclectic creative community engaged with his projects. A quick perusal of the credits on this latest album, reveals input from over 30 local creative’s right down to his 5 year old son who has developed the artwork concept. Firesongs also represent that special union that occurs between people singing and sharing music around a campfire which is etched into Cheynne’s DNA from a history of camping and surfing up and down the East Coast of Australia.
We all need a little space. Space from our partner, space from our children, or simply the wide open spaces of nature. Or as Cheynne discovered through producing this album, space from your own mind and the tendency to over control things. As Cheynne recalls: “When we set up for recording drums at my place in South Golden Beach, there was some discussion between the engineers and drummer about the best acoustic space to record. The drummer chose somewhere quite different to the engineers. He also tuned his drum kit unusually and was playing a small bebop Jazz kit. This was the first important production decision I had to make so I deferred to the musician in this case which set the tone for how I produced the whole record. I simply created an atmosphere in my home for musicians to come in and freely express whatever they had in mind with little direction or limitations. I even cooked roast dinners to make it more homely. Creatively the key to the production was in selecting the best bits from this free expression.”
The album was recorded almost entirely at Cheynne’s A-frame beach shack with a steady procession of musicians coming and going which included Irish pipes and whistle, bansuri flute, harpsichord, mandolin, strings, piano, and guitars embellished with layers of harmonies. You can even hear the sound of waves in the romantic ocean tale ‘Hold onto Me ‘ if you losten closely largely due to Cheynne’s proximity to the ocean and lack of sound proofing. Cheynne says:“There was some discussion when mixing of whether to lose these sounds which the average listener may not even hear such as waves, kids laughing or the odd car but it really adds to the ambience of this kind of home recording situation.”
As locals of Byron shire are well aware there is a reservoir of talented people of all kinds of strange and interesting instruments. Cheynne tapped into this sound and the result has been a very eclectic folk rock record full of ambience and honesty. Cheynne’s love of hooks and melodies also gives it a strong pop sensibility. Lyrically the album focuses on the concept of space in-between. As Cheynne explains: “All the tracks embody the concept in some shape or form. The title track for example looks at the need for healthy space in relationships for individuals to flourish, Hold onto me on the other hand explores the powerful love connection we feel and sometimes we need this expressed and we can’t let go, so its kind of like a romantic yearning to be close. Even when we tuned the Tambora for one track we discussed how the sound, which is similar to a sitar, creates this amazing sound due to some kind of vibrational frequency between the strings. Some say we put love into food. Where? I think it’s the space in-between. Qantum physics is all about this.”
Cheynne will be touring and sharing the album Spaces in Between all over in 2011 and is currently working developing new material for Firesongs III so prepare the bonfire.
This is one of the first tracks I ever wrote with my band Spinifex, I did the lyrics and the band did the music. Called My eyes and this was written after my parents dressed me down for 3 hours on a family holiday about the risk of taking on a music career and how I shouldn't focus on that but a 'real job'. Classic stuff. I have a real job now and I still do music so the balance finally manifested. It wasn't without a battle so this track really opitimises how important it is to find your inner truth free from programming and the paradigms of others. I have no regrets.
Hi everyone its been a while crocodile....been hybernating with the onset of winter. I am going to update regularly now (Note to inner diary)...this will be the expression of my artistic musings...the torments...the tribulations even brief podcasts of new tracks...new track called not giving up will be uploaded for a listen in the next week or so in ruff mix form..here is a live version of a spontaneous jam I had at a studio in Byron...no idea what we were doing...jamming..its what its all about!
Things are moving along nicely for Byron Bay roots artist Cheynne Murphy at the moment. A big show at this years Bluesfest anniversary show amongst the likes of Ben Harper, Michael Franti and Xavier Rudd and recently nominated for two North Coast Music industry awards, otherwise known as ‘dolphin awards’ on the North Coast in two categories Folk and Alternative Country. He took out at the latter, presented by another well known local identity Pete Murray.
“ It was a great honour to be recognised in your local area with local industry and friends present. I only had one song on the CD that sounded a little country so I sent it in. Actually the music has been described variously as folk, alt country, Americana, bluegrass. It seems like its more of a mash of acoustic roots styles but anyway I appreciate the award. It could be my ticket to Tamworth.”
Cheynne’s current EP is doing well, with solid sales nationally and also strong community radio support and ABC coverage. Just recently he ticked another box in his career aspirations list by supporting Jeff Martin at the Great Northern in Byron Bay.
‘Jeff is a big inspiration to me. He has an incredible 12 string sound, a huge voice and has a big international following so it was a total honour. The highlight was when I finished the show he had an impromptu jam with my flute player Ackshay backstage and they ended up jamming in the middle of the show. It was quite a night’.
