{"id":270,"date":"2011-10-09T09:46:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T14:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinadowney.com\/tinyvoice\/?p=270"},"modified":"2011-10-09T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T14:49:17","slug":"giving-birth-to-sign-post-my-new-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martinadowney.com\/tinyvoice\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Giving Birth to Sign Post: My New CD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.martinadowney.com\/tinyvoice\/?page_id=186\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262 aligncenter\" title=\"mdsp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinadowney.com\/tinyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mdsp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinadowney.com\/tinyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mdsp.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.martinadowney.com\/tinyvoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mdsp-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Giving birth is certainly no easy task and sometimes it takes a little longer than 9 months, but I am very proud to have released my new CD, <a title=\"Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.martinadowney.com\/tinyvoice\/?page_id=186\">Sign Post<\/a>.\u00a0 It is now available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/martinadowney\">CD Baby<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/artist\/martina-downey\/id470294411\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B005SO6GRO?ie=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=digital-music&amp;field-keywords=Martina%20Downey\">Amazon<\/a>.\u00a0 Soon it will be available on many other digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The hardest thing about the process is letting go.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the kind of project that you can tinker with it forever, but if it&#8217;s not shared then what&#8217;s the use.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ve worked hard on the songs and have had some life changes during the process: a death in the family and a fall towards the end of production, but still I rise each day.<\/p>\n<p>Sign Post was a collaborative project that involved many talents.\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to thank first and foremost my producer and multi-instrumentalist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roberturban.com\/\">Robert Urban<\/a> of Urban Productions.\u00a0\u00a0 He kept encouraging me to carry on and pushed me towards excellence.\u00a0\u00a0 We had many magical moments in the studio together.\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to thank Steven Sullivan who played bass, Barbara Tone for her sax works and my partner, <a href=\"http:\/\/tpsulli.wordpress.com\/\">Tawanna<\/a> for her technical help and editorial feedback on the lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>As for the songs, they stand onto themselves like little islands.\u00a0 Some were written prior to going into production.\u00a0 Others were written during this period.\u00a0 What I find really interesting is how I can really measure the growth from the first song we recorded to the last.\u00a0 By the end of the project I was really comfortable stretching my wings in all sorts of directions.<\/p>\n<p>And now it&#8217;s time to share these songs with the world.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving birth is certainly no easy task and sometimes it takes a little longer than 9 months, but I am very proud to have released my new CD, Sign Post.\u00a0 It is now available at CD Baby, iTunes and Amazon.\u00a0 Soon it will be available on many other digital platforms. 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