Here’s a flashback for you….
The song is called FLY. I found the final stereo recording a few months ago, of a song I came up with back in 1992, and I like what I had, despite the rather off-key vocals and the occasional flaws in the balance!
Have given it a bit of a remix so here it is in all it’s psychedelic glory
I recorded this in 1992 at Battery so I’m mostly stuck with my stereo mix from 1992 but hearing it today I was inspired to write a full orchestration this summer (think “Live and Let Die”) just for the hell of it which was fun to assemble overdubbing the various sections a bit at a time with great sample libraries.
Here’s the back story. In 1992 I had booked some studio time as a producer at Battery Studios.in London UK, where I worked as a full-time producer/engineer for Jive Records, Silvertone Records, Coombe Music International, and various indie album and single projects.
I wrote this song, both words and music, over a drum track I recorded of my fellow band member Rob Milne (the band was called The Hand), who was playing a different song altogether. All other instruments were played by me. Although I can’t hear them and only used the drums, there is faint spill into the drum mics from Psymon King and Danny DiMento playing guitars for a different song so it’s awesome that although I muted their work on the other song when printing a mix of my new song, my excellent friends and fellow Hand (my old band) members are all in there in spirit, although I can only ever so faintly hear a trace of a guitar part that isn’t me. All vocals are me. The song was written, engineered and produced by me too. Hope the Hand in particular like it…. Rob is just the loudest LOL
Here are the lyrics.
“FLY” (Michael Holland)
You and I will ride upon
The silver wings of a unicorn
As the day becomes the dawn, it’s easy
Wished that we were far away
Another shore on another day
Look how far we’ve flown today, it’s easy
And I believe that you will find
In the cracks between Space and Time
A place to fly, it’s in your mind, it’s easy
Fly…
When you feel the price of lies
See the deeds the words disguise
Trust your opened mind and rise, it’s easy
You and I will ride upon
The silver wings of a unicorn
As the day becomes the dawn, it’s easy
Fly….
Fly…
Fly…
© 1992 Words & Music by Michael Holland
2022 Orchestration by Michael Holland
Produced and Engineered by Michael Holland
Drums – Rob Milne
Guitars – Danny DiMento, Psymon King
All other instruments & vocals – Michael Holland