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Grace

by Jake Smolowe

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I composed “Grace” on the spot in the middle of the night during a rainstorm, recording onto an Edirol R-09 mp3 recorder. I had to play with the mute/practice pedal down so that I wouldn’t wake the neighbors, and that ended up producing a continuous, bell-like drone effect that combined with the sound of the rain to create a dreamlike, hypnotic ambiance. It came out so well that I decided to transcribe the entire thing, relearn it and record it properly.

For the second recording, however, I was missing a crucial element: the rainstorm. Freesound.org to the rescue! I blended three different rain tracks together to create a rainstorm that told the story of the tune. The three rain tracks are “Night Ambience – December 3rd – Rain”, by rgbrobot, “Rain and wind in the trees” by inchadney, and “rain_hard_slowingdown01”, by aesqe. The latter two are licensed under the Attribution 3.0 license, and all have been sliced up and mixed together to create a hybrid storm.

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released September 27, 2019
Piano recording/performance, rainstorm mixing: Jake Smolowe
Final track mixing and mastering: Justin Weis, Trakworx

Rain samples from Freesound.org:
- “Night Ambience – December 3rd – Rain,” by rgbrobot
- “Rain and wind in the trees,” by inchadney
- “rain_hard_slowingdown01,” by aesqe

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Jake Smolowe San Francisco, California

Jake Smolowe is a San Francisco-based pianist, composer, music educator, arranger and film scorer. He specializes in jazz that pulls from many other genres.

He has performed and recorded with Sioux City Kid, Quinn DeVeaux, John Németh and Jeff Derby.

His latest Album, "Christmas Solo: Informal, Improvised," was released on December 7, 2021.
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