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What Goes Into a CD?
Thursday, August 3, 2006
![What Goes Into a CD](https://www.patwictor.com/images/news/KarenZ_photo.jpg)
Pat Wictor joins Ellis Paul, Godfrey Daniels, Bethlehem PA, 4/15/05.
Photo by Karen Z.
Friends often ask me "what's behind the music" that I write. It's not always possible to point to the source of inspiration or ideas, but the work of my fellow musicians is always a part of the context.
Let me share with you some of the most important musicians whose work shaped my latest CD.
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Listen to Robert Pete Williams
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Listen to Nick Drake's "Cello Song"
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Listen to Ellis Paul here
Every musician stands on the shoulders of those who came before. It's sometimes fun to listen to a piece of music and try to hear all the different strands of creativity that went into it.
Links:
Read more about Robert Pete Williams
Nick Drake fan website, with his complete discography
Ellis Paul's website provides a good introduction
And, of course, some links to my own newly-released CD, "Heaven Is So High...And I'm So Far Down."
On this website
At CDBaby
At Subway Records
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Ears and Eyes (what I'm listening to and reading )
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•-- Music
•-- Books
Let me share with you some of the most important musicians whose work shaped my latest CD.
![](images/news/news-51-1.jpg)
- Robert Pete Williams
Listen to Robert Pete Williams
![](images/news/news-51-2.jpg)
- Nick Drake
Listen to Nick Drake's "Cello Song"
![](images/news/news-51-3.jpg)
- Ellis Paul
Listen to Ellis Paul here
Every musician stands on the shoulders of those who came before. It's sometimes fun to listen to a piece of music and try to hear all the different strands of creativity that went into it.
Links:
Read more about Robert Pete Williams
Nick Drake fan website, with his complete discography
Ellis Paul's website provides a good introduction
And, of course, some links to my own newly-released CD, "Heaven Is So High...And I'm So Far Down."
On this website
At CDBaby
At Subway Records
•---------------------------------------------------------------
Ears and Eyes (what I'm listening to and reading )
•---------------------------------------------------------------
•-- Music
- Harry Manx, "Mantras for Madmen."
- Dorian Spencer, "Garden"
•-- Books
- "The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War," edited by Robert B. Strassler.
- "The World's Shortest Stories: Murder, Love, Horror, Suspense, All This and Much More in the Most Amazing Short Stories Ever Written, Each One Just 55 Words Long," edited by Steve Moss.