I’m delighted to announce that you can now listen and enjoy my album Songs from the Soul for free on YouTube.
The album, first released here on RasheedMusic.com in 2012 went live on the internet on Monday and was the idea of my good friend Marcin Kovacs. In fact Marcin had the great idea (that we’d first considered some time back) of filming a short interview with me talking about the album and combining that with making the whole album available. So thanks Marcin for recommending both uploading the album and for recording the interview which you can watch above (more follows…)
The interview above gives you a bit of an insight into the album and the songs contained within it. Basically the songs were written over a 12 year period. The earliest songs including the two opening numbers Soul Mate and Be Something were written during and toward the time I was pursuing career in music but I never got around to recording. In fact the album blends a number of songs which I wrote some time ago and then a handful of new songs written after my career in coaching had taken off and once I got into the recording studio with my producer, John Hamilton. You’ll hear John’s musical talent across the album. Typically my writing process is that a song will come to me. I’ll sing it and record it in my phone. I’ll then seek to find the chords on my keyboard at home and then I’ll go into the studio with John. Occasionally I’ll play the starting piano chords myself – or more often then not I’ll let John – with his skills as a musician – then play the part(s) and we’ll then build from there. If you like I’m the designer and architect and he is the builder and furnisher. One of the moments from John that I think is especially special is his piano opening and closing sequence on the song Return to Love which is very special as is the string line he produced for Live Before We Die which is the song about appreciating and really living life that came to me in a dream in which I heard Stevie Wonder singing the song.
Anyway check out the full album on YouTube and the video above.
Songs from the Soul – by Rasheed Ogunlaru.