Drone for the Holidays Vol. 1

by Guion Pratt

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1.	Lullaby on Several Guitars for APB 06:42	buy track
2.	Carol for Twelve Congregations 03:40	buy track
3.	Driving 30 mph on the Interstate in a Blizzard 20:06	buy track

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None of it was really coming together. Then, a child was born.

I got a text from my friends that it was happening, their baby was on the way, they were en-route to the hospital, a couple of weeks ahead of schedule. Updates continued to trickle in as I went back to work. And a path opened up. Babies, as has been well documented, have a way of giving adults a sense of purpose. Welcome, APB. Thanks for the lift. I confess I'm out of touch with what kind of ambient music infants are into these days, but hope you like it.

Tracks 1 and 3 are compositions built around a number of single-take improvisations on acoustic guitar and low whistle, twisted and stretched into abstract shapes and tones.

Track 2 is a manipulated field recording captured on 12/18/17 at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, VA.

For most people, holiday music has a hard expiration date. For others, the concept of holiday music is just too loaded to connect with. Or maybe you just need to get out of your head about writing songs with words for a bit and learn to trust sounds again.

Wherever you're coming from, the hope is that you'll be able to make use of these pieces to access a bit of the warmth usually associated with holiday music throughout the rest of the cold months.

"Vol. 1" because I hope to do this again. With friends next time.
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Artwork features derivatives of Ernst Chladni's nodal pattern drawings from his book Entdeckungen über die Theorie des Klanges (Discoveries in the Theory of Sound). More info: publicdomainreview.org/collections/chladni-figures-1787/

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released December 19, 2017

Acoustic Guitar, Low Whistle, Field Recording, Mixing, and Mastering by Guion Pratt

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Composer and songwriter based in Charlottesville, VA.

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