To the Sea

Written in 1991 and 1993 / Recorded in 1993, 1994 and 1995 + Sound effects (2014)

This thing was originally written in late 1991 and its initial demo was recorded deliberately in unfinished fashion, as a part of such recording scheme. A couple of years later, I wrote additional parts for bass guitar, strings and woodwind to complete the tune and made a better demo recording, which is partly used in this video. I brought the demo to my band called Culotte and recorded the tune in studio for twice; in 1994 and in 1995. If my memory serves well, it was the drummer, who demanded to re-record it in the latter occasion. He was a creative drummer, who was especially enthusiastic at playing this particular tune.
While I was mixing the Culotte's second studio recording, I thought it would be worthwhile to add sound effect of sea waves at the end of the tune and went out to the nearest shore, bringing with me a portable cassette recorder, on a dead cold cloudy day in February.

In this video version, I didn't use the ending bit mixed with the sea sound because I prefer the earlier take with tom-toms to close the track. Therefore, I went out, this time it was a hot sunny day, to the nearest shore once again, bringing with me a digital camera, to capture not only the sound but also video footage of the sea waves.