“Another Somewhere” is a collection of songs that have all arisen from external inspirations- largely commissions- and so thematically they stand out from the other projects and stylistically are in a middle-of-the-road, bordering on country music, space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They’re uplifting, inspiring, hopeful & happy songs- a long way from a lot of the introspective themes of “Pieces” and the darkness of “Desire”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening track- “Even though Paul Kelly (after ‘To Her Door’)”- came about from a line that come up in a jam one day and became a problem solving exercise to write a song that brought that one line to life. The line? “Even though Paul Kelly had you walking out the door doesn’t mean I don’t love you no more” led to writing a song that became the imagined letter that the man in Paul Kelly’s song “To Her Door” would have written to inspire his partner. “Then he wrote a letter \/ said I wanna see ya \/ she thought he sounded better \/ so she sent him up the fare.” That must have been a great letter and so this is the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Sundays I Say Goodbye” was inspired by a simple songwriters challenge: “What’s a day of the week song?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My Heart is Made of Memories” was a song written for a friend who I met in 2015 on a ride across the U.S.A. He set up a media project called “Motorcycle Memories: Stories of the Road” and asked if I could write a theme song for him, so this song captures memories from the trip when we met and the long list of travels and adventures that are held in Chad Warner’s heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“At the Clark County Courthouse” was written for a friend whose wedding was caught in the middle of Covid. He told me about his parents- they married in Las Vegas. “Where?”, I asked. “At the Clark County Courthouse”, came the reply and so a song just had to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Beyond My Fire” was a remarkable outcome from a commission request. We did a gig for a burns support organisation many years ago and one of the people we played for- Dale Forbes- was setting up a new support organisation called “Beyond Burns” and asked me to write a song for them. It was a privilege to be asked to write a song for people that had been through such traumatic experiences, which had lifetime consequences. Dale wanted a song that was inspiring, uplifting and spoke of what it was to survive beyond burns.<\/p>\n\n\n