23/07/2023
BUY ALBUM https://gavinlibotte.bandcamp.com/album/journey
An album of original guitar compositions by Australian Guitarist Gavin Libotte. A mix of Jazz and World music. The natural beauty of the nylon string guitar is mixed with an array of instruments including duduk, trumpet, cello and charango.
Journey represents the human path of self discovery as we walk and face the challenges of modernity while remaining true to our selves.
I started this project about 5 years ago then lost motivation and put it on hold. With family commitments and Sydney pressure to survive in one of the most expensive cities on the planet I re-ignited the project during lockdown.
I am very proud of this work and I hope you too get to listen to it and enjoy it. I am not releasing this on streaming platforms for a while so I am selling it on Bandcamp. This way I will get most of the revenue and you would be supporting me directly for my work. I know people don't tend to listen to albums anymore but I encourage you to listen to Journey in sequence and let the story unfold.
I bought a Charango which is a small Andean stringed instrument that sounds absolutely amazing and I fell in love with it. I composed tracks that feature this instrument and then added the other sounds to balance it out. This sound sits really well with the Nylon string guitar.
I want to thank all the wonderful musicians who played on this Album including - Damian de Boos-Smith, Jonathan Zwartz, James Hauptman, Tom Avgenicos, Byron Mark, Dave Tawfik and Renato Feijou.
A big thanks to Damian de Boos-Smith for playing, engineering mixing and mastering.
I look forward to hearing all you feedback! 🙏
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