Damien Rice IRISH ACOUSTIC GENIUS

Overview  About the artist  First band  Brief discography  Solo career and collaboration  Recluse years  "Trusty and True"  "My Favourite Faded Fantasy"  Timed listening guides

Damien Rice  Born December 7, 1973 in Dublin, Ireland  Beginning of musical career  First band  Solo career  The making of Damien's three studio albums  His recluse years  Where Damien is now

Juniper formed in 1991

Brief Discography  The J-PLane (EP)  Manna (EP)  Weatherman (Single)  The I Dead (Single)  Natural Born Elvis (Compilation album)- 1998

Damien and Lisa's years together  Damien and Lisa were collaboration partners for Damien's first two albums O and 9.  Lisa sings back up vocals on most of the songs in these two albums.  They were together some six years.  They split professionally and personally while on their tour for album 9

Damien's recluse years  After his tour for album 9, Damien disappeared from the music scene for 8 years  He spent some of these quiet years in Iceland  He wrote hundreds of songs, but never recorded

Damien's comeback My Favourite Faded Fantasy

Trusty and True By Damien Rice

"Trusty and True"  Written by Damien Rice  Was released with his most recent studio album on Oct  Recorded by Damien and his music staff  Produce by Rick Rubin "But we can't take back What was Done, What is past So Fellas, lay down your spears 'Cause we can't take back What is done, What is past So let us start from here...." -Damien Rice

Listen to "Trusty and True"  Intimate acoustic guitar  Electric guitar harmonics  Vocal harmonies  Fluctuating dynamics of song  Orchestral combination of strings, tin whistles, horns, etc 0:00 Damien Rice enters with quiet and intimate chords on the acoustic guitar conveying the prominent melody. 3:30 The whistle, strings and guitar all play the same melody together. The dynamics of the song begin to fluctuate. 6:00 The ascendance of the climax of the song has begun. The vocal harmonies split and the percussion intensifies....

My Favourite Faded Fantasy By: Damien Rice

"My Favourite Faded Fantasy"  Written by Damien Rice  Was released as a single on September 8, 2014  It is the title track on his latest album  Was produced by Rick Rubin "You could be my favourite face And favourite name I know someone who could play the part But it wouldn't be the same No It wouldn't be the same As with you" -Damien Rice

Listen to "My Favourite Faded Fantasy"  Minor key  Atmospheric sounds  Rising dynamics  Eerie reversed feedback  Inconsistent, disjointed textures 0:00 Damien Rice launches his song with a descending bell chime sound, followed by the entrance of the electric guitar, which serves to establish the melody of the song. 2:30 The song is building as it ascends into the chorus. the dynamics of all the instruments are rising.. 5:30 The rather bipolar nature of this song has picked up again, w/ drums, even more electric guitars playing wild progressions, over-drive lead, and "bealty" vocals.

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