Seaside, by William Flynn

Seaside

by William Flynn

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1.	Follow the Leader 04:38	buy track
2.	January 06:53	buy track
3.	Blue Ridge 06:02	buy track
4.	30A 05:01	buy track
5.	Birthday Song 05:47	buy track
6.	Sea Song 06:49	buy track
7.	Heatwave 07:21	buy track
8.	New Year 04:58	buy track
9.	House on Savannah Street 05:57	buy track
10.	Sundog 06:11	buy track

about

In January 2017, halfway through my fourth year teaching at Wichita State University, I found myself driving a thousand miles away from the plains of Kansas to the sugary shores of the Florida Gulf Coast. I had applied for and been awarded an artist residency by Escape to Create, a non-profit and volunteer-run organization that houses artists of all disciplines for month-long winter retreats in the idyllic Florida panhandle community of Seaside.

My goal for the month was to compose the music to a new album. At that time, I had a good deal of writing under my belt, but the writing was sporadic and mostly impelled by looming deadlines for recording sessions, concerts, or recitals. I had never spent an entire month ritualistically writing music on a daily basis.

My January sequestration went even better than I had hoped, and for that month I felt more productive than I had ever been. The isolation of solely occupying a cottage next to the ocean and being over a thousand miles away from my life and job allowed me to focus with a creative intensity I had never experienced.

All the music you hear on this album was penned during my time in Seaside, and I hope it puts you in as enjoyable a headspace as the headspace I was in when I wrote it. The Florida panhandle is a magical place, and I will always have very fond memories of the month I spent living on highway 30A.

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released July 15, 2022

William Flynn / guitar, compositions
Roger Wilder / piano
Sam Copeland / bass
Brian Steever / drums
Emily Merrell / voice (tracks 4 & 6)

Recorded Dec. 13-14, 2019 by Duane Trower
Weights and Measures Soundlab, Kansas City, MO

Mixing: Tommy Poole, Tulsa, OK

Mastering: Dave Darlington, Bass Hit Recording, New York, NY

Cover Photo: William Flynn

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William Flynn Wichita, Kansas

Wichita-based jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. Professor of Jazz Guitar at Wichita State University

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