ElectronicaThe Little Eric
Broken Wings - Shortwave Live and Love so Free

Eighteen years after I closed Shortwave Studio, after losing the passion that had kept me so busy in the studio, this new guy I met couldn’t belive it. I was glowing, going down memory lane, taking him through my catalogue, chilling out after (((Day 1))) I was listing all the reasons why I hadn’t produced for all those years. “It’s been too long, the software has changed too much. I used to know my equipment so well that I knew how to synthesize sounds, program beats and sequence those trippy climaxes before even stepping foot in the studio. It’s bringing me more frustrations than satisfaction, browsing through menus trying out plugins and feeling clueless in Logic Pro, nowadays.” I know those words by heart, having repeated them over the years. But they didn’t work on this new guy I just met, weeks ago. “It sounds to me like you’re selling yourself short! Don’t sell yourself short”. Those words really resonated with me through the following week. I got the latest Logic Pro, u-he Diva and this vocal from the 80s that I couldn’t get out of my head for the past year, following Jay and I’s parting ways. There are many versions of this rework through 2024, as I got more and more comfortable with the software.

This mix was finished on my birthday at the end of November, after almost a year of Fooling Around With The Vibrations. It was the first time I actually enjoyed what I had done, even if it’s clearly not perfect. I used a beautiful acapella by INtrmzzo ripped from a YouTube video captured by a hand camera, thinking I was going to have someone sing later on, but I decided to keep this vocals for this unfinished version. The label that released a remix pack of one of my old classics wanted to release it, but I had to make a six-minute version and have someone else sing as clearing the rights with Warner and Mr. Mister was not in the cards. This is a tribute to them. Working on this song over the last two years has stirred up all sorts of emotions.

Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang wrote such beautiful words, and the iNtrmzzo performance is just stunning. This is my take on it.
Enjoy! Shortwave Live and Love so Free's rendition of Broken Wings by Mr. Mister.