My Newest Recording – Wipe Away The Tears
May 13th, 2010 . by Alexander Fisher
Wipe Away The Tears was a song I wrote after my mother-in-law (Martha Fuller) passed away in 1994. I can remember being on the patio of her house in West Jefferson, Ohio when I wrote most of the song in my head. I just felt as she was still with us. It was a sad song to write, but it came out with little effort.
I did actually have some of the main lyrics bouncing around in my head for a few years but had never been able to apply it to a song. After I recorded it, I immediately copyrighted it and posted it on MP3.com. I was actually getting a lot of plays on that site until they were shut down for purposely posting copyrighted material, without permission. During that time I got one memorable e-mail from a man in Germany who told me he thought Wipe Away The Tears was the greatest song ever written. Heavy, man, heavy.
Regardless of whether it is or not, many have told me it is the best song that I’ve written. It is a very emotional song for me, but I did find comfort in writing it.
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The acoustic guitar I played was a Takamine. I played the electric guitars on a Fender Stratocaster. The bass was a Rickenbacker 4001. The drums were Ludwig’s. I also played tambourine as well. This re-recording was made in the early 21st century sometime (2002?). I was hoping to resurrect the original recording from 1994, but most of it is missing. If I ever find it I’ll re-mix it and post it. It was more “unplugged” than this version. I did some editing and changed the arrangement in places, but I have played this song just about the same since I wrote it.
I recorded all tracks on my Fostex VF-16 digital multi-track, then transferred the them to my computer via my Iomega Jaz drives. I processed the audio with Cakewalk Sonar v8.5 Producer and Sony Sound Forge v9.
