My Newest Recording – Wipe Away The Tears (remix)
December 30th, 2011 . by Alexander Fisher
I wrote Wipe Away the Tears back in 1994. My mother-in-law, Martha Fuller, had just passed away and I realized some lyrics I had written a few years before would be perfect for what I was getting ready to create. If I could find the original lyric sheet, it would have tear stains on it, I know.
A man from Germany e-mailed me a few years ago and told me Wipe Away the Tears was the greatest song he had ever heard. It may or may not be great, but I know it’s pretty special to me.
Wipe Away The Tears
I decided to remix the digital tracks I had recorded a few years ago as I am planning a new album release including this song and felt the previous mix was just not good enough. I’m not even sure this mix is the one, but it’s getting better.
I wrote the music and lyrics. I performed all the musical and vocal parts. I played my Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and a Takamine acoustic guitar on the recording. I played bass guitar on my Rickenbacker 4001. The drums are my Ludwig’s. I played the tambourine as well.
I recorded this song on my Fostex VF16 digital multi-track a few years back. I mixed and mastered this song more recently on my desktop computer using Cakewalk Sonar v8.5 Producer and Sony Sound Forge v9 software.
