Mother Nurture, by Eric Gerlach

Mother Nurture

by Eric Gerlach

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1.	I Am Water 00:56	lyrics	buy track
What am I but a walking sea? Endlessly dancing on broken glass, Nurtured under the wing of an ocean, Unable to venture beyond the coast. Mere matter, aware of itself; Knowing not whether it lasts, Only that it is and has been; Never truly fresh as a lake. Booming through the peaks of Appalachia, A mighty urge to flow west; Always undressed against the sun: I am water.
2.	Appalachian Thunder 03:28	info	buy track
3.	Washed Up 05:35	info	buy track
4.	Blue Dream 02:38	info	buy track
5.	The Mermaid's Den 04:07	info	buy track
6.	Part of the Machine 03:27	lyrics	buy track
"What can be labeled, packaged, mass produced, Is neither truth, nor art." -Marty Rubin
7.	Interlude 01:58	info	buy track
8.	Love and War 09:36	info	buy track
9.	Burning 03:30	info	buy track
10.	Undressed Against the Sun 05:47	info	buy track
11.	Daybreak 04:04	info	buy track
12.	If This Isn't Nice... 02:49	lyrics	buy track
(Kurt Vonnegut) Now... Every lecture I've ever given has included My tribute to my Uncle Alex, my father's kid brother Who was a graduate of Harvard, and a wise man Just an insurance salesman in Indianapolis He was childless But what Uncle Alex found objectionable About so many human beings Is that they so seldom noticed it when they were happy And so we would be sitting under an apple tree, for instance On a July afternoon, drinking lemonade And you know, talking about this and that And practically buzzing like honey bees And Uncle Alex would stop everything and say If this isn't nice, I don't know what is! Now then... How many of you have had a teacher At any point in your whole educational career How many of you have had a teacher Who made you prouder to be alive Happier to be alive Than you had previously believed possible Would you show up your hands, please? Those of you who have Alright... Now then Would you please say the name of that teacher To someone sitting next to you (crowd chatters) If this isn't nice, I don't know what is!

about

"Mother Nurture" is an instrumental concept album that was created between September 2021 and March 2022. Broadly speaking, I aimed to observe tendencies of human behavior and the relationship between nature and nurture.

My songwriting process on this album was very improvisational. As the album progressed and I solidified the theme, I began to come up with titles and concepts beforehand, and my improvisation became more intentional. I was back and forth on including information about each song, but I ended up deciding to leave everything up for interpretation. Lyrics are available for any spoken parts, but otherwise I've only included the creation date and equipment used under each song's information.

This album also introduces my first use of the GarageBand auto drummer Logan. I wanted to go for more natural sounding drum tracks, and I quickly realized that using an auto drummer was not only easier, but it gave me more realistic and complex drum parts. I found that was still able to incorporate my own fills and guide the rhythm to how I wanted it (for the most part), so it worked out very well.

This album was remastered (and a little remixed) in August 2023. While working on the follow-up album, "Dreaming of a Tree," I spent more time learning about production and sound quality, and felt that the original release of "Mother Nurture" was lacking something. Now, you can hear what the album was originally meant to sound like.

Thanks for listening!

credits

released March 8, 2022

Written, performed, and produced by Eric Gerlach

Equipment:
- Fender 2019 Player Series Stratocaster Guitar
- Fender 2019 Vintera Series Precision Bass
- Fender Champion 20 Guitar Amp
- Fender Champion 40 Guitar Amp
- Fender Rumble 25 Bass Amp
- Taylor 2020 214CE Acoustic Guitar

- BOSS BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal
- BOSS TR-2 Tremolo Pedal
- BOSS CE-2w Chorus Pedal
- BOSS LM-2 Limiter Pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Ram's Head Fuzz Pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Neo Reverb Pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay and Reverb Pedal
- MXR Univibe Pedal
- Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Pedal

- Garageband Instruments, including keys and percussion (see song info for details)

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Eric Gerlach Columbus, Ohio

I enjoy creating instrumental music that I find thematically and compositionally interesting.

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