This is Gentle Borrower from the 2008 RPM Challenge. It's the first recording of the track I wrote about copyright and musical inspiration. It was inspired by one of the most potent essays I've read about music -- Bettered by the Borrower by John Oswald. As I read it I jotted down ideas and later thought they would make good lyrics.
We share in ears
vibrations in air
it's more primal than blues
this form we share
I am a sound
a song that is true
this music that flows through me
can flow through you too
Gentle borrower
transform me
gentle borrower
transform me
Brainstorm elation
marks transformation
save condemnation for
straight imitation
There are more than these notes
there are more than these keys
an infinite soundscape
needs your diversity
Gentle borrower
transform me
gentle borrower
transform me
Here is a version of the song we recorded live using the wires as a reverb on the vocals by singing into a can, like one of the telephones you'd make with two cans and a string.
Below is my bassling remix of Gentle Borrower. If you click on the downward arrow you can download it.
Gentle Borrower (basslingspulsingwiresmix) by bassling
