My brother Justin filmed this on our recent trip from Las Vegas to Yosemite National Park. We had to leave Yosemite early because of a snowstorm coming through, luckily we had enough time to get this done!
We synced the vocals by either having an iPod touch in my pocket or by blasting the song from our Ford Escape rental.
The picture is a real photo of my grandfather holding me as a baby. I wrote this song after having recurring dreams of him being there in the scene of my dream but not saying anything, he seemed fragmented… or present but passive. I think these dreams helped settle my grief.
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love,
aron
p.s. you can download this song for free on my “ARTIST” page.
This is a new song/video by me, Aron. The painting in the background is by Nick Stolle. This song began as sort of an exercise in focusing on timing, phrasing, bending and vibrato to make something emotive. Originally I was just singing stay, stay, stay in different ways every time, over and over. I’m sure my neighbors had to check themselves into a mental hospital because of it. Eventually, as songs tend to do, it evolved into a more proper song. I intentionally kept the lyrics simple trying to express things I have felt before through the music, in other words, I wanted the music to speak where the lyrics could not.
I hope you like it. You are welcome to download the song for free from the Artists>Aron Wright page.
A few weeks ago I played some songs at Westwood Studios here in Nashville. Here is a video they made of that performance. As I was leaving some girls held their hands out for high fives but I didn’t see them because the lights were in my eyes. If you are one of those girls, I’m sorry. Also in the second video (which was shot by my brother Justin) you can hear my ukulele’s electronics giving out. The second song is called “Come sit by me”, although my brother didn’t know that because it generally takes me several years to name a song.
Aron
A guy in the UK liked my song and made a movie montage of “Angels in America” to play with it. I love that someone took something I created, felt something, and then paired it with something else he loved to create something new. That’s exciting.
Sunday, October 21st marked the beginning of a series of shows presented by Makeout Music Co. Travis McClain, Quote, and Aron Wright played an unforgettable show to a packed room at Portland Brew. This was Travis and his wife Lindsay’s first show in Nashville and their first show as a duo, although upon hearing them, you would think they had been performing together for years. They opened the night beautifully with tight harmonies, well-written songs, and gorgeous melodies. Quote, which consists of Justin Tam and Jamie Bennett, followed the McClains with their brand of (what I like to call) Great American Drinking Music or GADM for short. I love the music these guys make, it’s the type of music that at first listen is simply fun to listen to, and later the depth of the lyrics takes you by surprise. Their harmonies are well-arranged and it’s a joy to watch them sing together-you would think they were brothers if it weren’t for the fact that they don’t look anything alike. Aron Wright played next (which is me), he was so awesome. The whole thing was recorded and will hopefully be posted here soon, so keep a lookout. For now here is a video of me. More videos of me can be found here.
