This Song
April 1, 2008 – ONLINE—Folksinger C. Glen Williams has released a new single from his upcoming album, Ephemera Now – For the Future! as a free download from his blog, the ArtMachine.
“Ephemera is a folk album for the next decade,” says Williams. “It’s a set of traditional and original songs that deals directly with the ephemeral. That which is now but won’t be, and that which once was but is no more.”
The free track, “This Song,” uses traditional themes both lyrically and musically. “It’s a common theme of childhood,” says Williams. “A tribute, if you will, to that time of life when we had no desire other than to run, to play, to have fun, and to annoy our parents.”
The singer/songwriter – whose song “Wasted All This Time” recently appeared in the short film “Infected,” from Ian Donnelly and iDsD Productions – may have gotten a little bit carried away in the composition of the song, he reveals.
“The radio edit of the track will probably be the version that appears on the album,” he says. “As much as it pained me to cut even a single note of the song, the original composition is over an hour long. There just wouldn’t be room on the album for anything else if I included it.”
Lovers of great folk music, however, will be glad to know that the full version of the composition is available at the ArtMachine, along with the 3-minute radio edit, both as free downloads.
UPDATE: Due to overwhelming demand, the track is also available on a low-priced CD Single.
P.S. Happy April Fool’s Day, everybody…
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:01 am
I agree! You DO know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves!
Good Joke! Try releasing it to a children’s record company!
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I literally laughed until I cried. Thanks.