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"In the Here and
Now" Franklin
Miami,
September 10,2002 The Project: Franklin's
vocals and guitarwork are shared with different performers on almost all tracks.
Extraordinary vocalist Kyle
Knuppel joined the project in March and his voice may be heard in 5 of
the songs as well appearances by vocalists Pedro Castillo
(Tempano, Aditus
etc),
Domingo Guzman (Wall),
Venezuela's Jazz vocalist of the year 1997 - Biella daCosta and
composer, singer and
keyboardist Ilan Chester. The brilliant Otmaro Ruiz (Deanna Reeves, Gino Vanelli, Ian Anderson, Arturo Sandoval, Herb Alpert) weaves his magic on the keyboards as well as Ilan Chester, and progressive rock artist Cesare dellaNocce (Tempano) Gustavo Calle (Ira Sullivan, Nat Adderly, Jose Luis 'el Puma' etc.),generates an ancient native drum beat in 'Banana Street'. Gerardo Ubieda (Tempano, Proyecto Franklin Holland, many more..) presents his trademark very modern, and incisive drum style, and major contributions by young but very versatile jazz drummer Matt Goff (Graduate of the U of Miami program). On bass the great Rafucho Figliuolo joins us, (recording remote in Poland where he travels with a Gypsy orchestra ), well known Jose 'Patuo' Velasquez in Miami, and Maico vanSplunteren (idem from Spain where he works from Barcelona and Granada). All of the original songs will be recorded both in Spanish as well as in English. Antonio Tahan, was asked to join the Project as the sound and recording engineer, as well as business consultant. Musical arrangements and production are by Franklin Holland. The Songs: As a songwriter I've sometimes been misunderstood, (I should probably write more clearly). I like to write about things that are important to me, or fascinate me in life, so that the feeling in the songs is real. But I will always try and write from the personal to the general, so that more people may identify with a particular theme. And just like a real situation is usually comprised of several elements or currents, I like to weave different (but connected) ideas into the lyric. As an illustration, I'll talk a little about the Title song, 'In the Here and Now': Several themes run in counterpoint: 'the celebration of romantic love and complementarity': Who
knows just why we love 'THE ROMEO AND JULIET SYNDROME: the pain from and struggle against prejudice and bigotry in love (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong age, wrong class, wrong family, wrong ethnicity, wrong anything)' There
is pain and pretending 'and the celebration of this very moment and mystery of existence. (Here I should add that I'm convinced that holding our bubble of existence against the unimaginable pressure of a pervasive Nothing must be, has to be, an act of supreme love and sacrifice)' Catch
the everlasting Moment "and finally the time paradox: ever experienced a romantic deja vu? Catch the spark in someone's eye and recognize your true spouse or lover from many lifecycles ago? Not reincarnation, for the past is an illusion, but perhaps rather, parallel lives in the moment" I am
certain that I held you Some of these themes are repeated from a different perspective in other songs. For example the Romeo-Juliet frustration surfaces in "Love in Vain": I
can't hold you close, what a cruel joke and the mystery of the moment and the impossibility of returning to a past is approached in a different way in "Voice in the Wind": For
Today, is Yesterday's Tomorrow Just my personal way of looking at these things, but I hope sufficient to write musical analogies about (songs). |
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Vocals: Franklin Holland Kyle Knuppel Ilan Chester Pedro Castillo Biella daCosta Domingo Guzman Guitar: Franklin Holland Pocho Serra Jeff Prine Alvaro Falcon Don Vans Leonardo Quintero Keyboards: Otmaro Ruiz Cesare dellaNocce Ilan Chester Sound & Recording Antonio Tahan |
Drums: Gustavo Calle Matt Goff Gerardo Ubieda Percussion: Matt Goff Gerardo Ubieda Domingo Guzman, TBA Bass Rafucho Figliuolo Jose 'Patuo' Velasquez Victor Fiol Maico VanSplunteren Backup Vocals: Karly VanSplunteren Gabriela Serra Biella daCosta Pedro Castillo Mary Izturriaga Domingo Guzman Mayela Mares |
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The
point of this project is to try and write about interesting
themes, while at the same time bringing musicians together whom I
respect, to help me bring the project to fruition. I have the
privilege of sharing vocals and guitarwork with some really good people.
This brings more variety and talent; my job as i see it is to produce
one more or less recognizable sound, within all these various styles.