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The Mighty Fifteen

from The Secret Diary Of A Tunesmith by Lins Honeyman

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The Tunesmiths challenge for this piece was to write a song using an assymetric time signature. Accustomed to using standard time signatures, I asked my good friend and drummer Jon Assheton to come up with some alternative percussion sounds. We originally tried out a 7/8 rhythm using a cajon but settled on a 15/8 time signature beaten out on a floor tom.

Taking Jon's floor tom rhythm, I then came up with a ukelele accompaniment but struggled for a long time to formulate any sort of melody or lyrics. With time running out before the challenge deadline date, I ended up standing in front of the microphone with my harmonica and, thankfully, the melody came just as I pressed record. Most definitely in spaghetti western theme tune territory, I added some layered "whoah" vocals and Hugo Montenegro whistling for good measure.

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from The Secret Diary Of A Tunesmith, released September 15, 2014
Written by Lins Honeyman & Jon Assheton

Lins Honeyman: harmonicas, ukelele, whoah vocals, whistling
Jon Assheton: floor tom

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Lins Honeyman Perth, UK

Lins Honeyman is a singer/songwriter and performer based in Perthshire, Scotland. Lins has appeared live in bars, prisons, churches and living rooms - both solo and with his band.

To keep things fresh, he goes between guitar, harmonica, piano, mandolin, dobro and ukulele and plays a range of original material, old blues numbers and the odd surprising cover or two! ... more

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