5090 by FAWM: "Farewell to Malachy"

Farewell to Malachy

Liner Notes

#flute #reverb #improvisation #onetake

The picture is the last ever photo taken of my dad, Malcolm, while he was still alive. I took it only four weeks before he died on 8 June this year. He's sitting with my beloved canine, Vinnie, in a friend's garden. He and Vinnie had a very special bond, and I love this photo.
Dad was half Irish and proud of his heritage. Malcolm was known as Malachy to the Irish side of the family.
This farewell to dad was requested by my sister. It's a rough and ready improv with a flute and the Stargazer reverb VST.
Slán Go Fóill, dad.

Comments

@esc4p3 10w

I think this is 'necessarily' sombre and reflective, the whole song just breathes and hangs in the air. It is a fitting piece of music to remember your dad by

@kiffa 10w

This is lovely, Paul. My condolences on your loss.

@florian 10w

My condolences. 🥺 A beautiful piece. What's more Irish than a flute? Fascinating, how the reverb builds up into a sound of its own.

@nahlej381 10w

Beautiful. I have a phot like this of my dad as well. Almost holds some mystical quality to me…love and good vibes to you and yours, hopefully our dads are kicking it listening to our music at that record shop in the beyond. Happy to hear your beautiful music again.

@billwhite51 10w

you breath a lot of life into that flute. i had a dog of this breed. or should i ay he once had me. he was the leader of a gang of street dogs and he adopted me, sat outside my door and followed me wherever i went.....sometimes as many as a dozen dogs would follow behind.

@metalfoot 10w

As @ductapeguy said, you really evoked the Hinterland Who's Who here, completely unintentionally; but that theme was intended to give a sense of space and wonder, as indeed this piece does. Sorry for your loss, and a lovely tribute to your father.

@ductapeguyMod 10w

In Canada we had a long running series of 60 minute Nature shorts called Hinterland Who's Who which had a similar, evocative recorder theme. Thanks for reminding me of them. https://www.hww.ca/en/index.html