Anu Sava

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I wrote and recorded this album while my home life was in flux. My wife and our adorable animal entourage were homeless for a few months. We up and moved our lives from Nashville to New York for more opportunities and a new adventure. I was writing on the many road trips we went on from Nashville to New York. I was recording in all different places including numerous vacation rentals all around the New York area.

There are some sounds such as banging on tea cups, stroking sushi mats and a spoon hitting a saucepan (to name a few) that I sampled in. The original impetus for the project was to use whatever I had at hand to record with. Also to experiment with sampling objects from whatever it is that is "home". Whenever I get around to doing the project live I'd like to live sample and loop some of these original objects.

I also used a lot of alternate tuning on the guitar to see how it would push my compositions and melody constructions.

I've been finishing the basement by hand at the new house we've moved into in New York. It's still not quite done but the drums were recorded in what I've managed to achieve. I've never composed really much with drums before either so wanted to see what it might sound like. It's not great. My high hat high hates me and kept breaking too. Don't beat me up for it!

In February 2018 I wrote, recorded and mixed / produced an album for the RPM Challenge. If you're interested check it out on Soundcloud at (expired link)