SKETCHES - Jim Barbaro
1. |
Dear Heart |
3:47 |
| Style: Melancholic ballad with an underlying beat and classical overtones. Theme: A letter to one's heart. A shy person's lament. |
2. |
If Love Is Blind |
3:16 |
| Style: Bluesy rock drenched with acoustic guitars. Theme: Any kind of love is better than none. |
3. |
Every Heart Has Its Day |
3:30 |
| Style: Midtempo inspirational rock. Theme: Everyone gets their moment in the sun. |
4. |
I've Seen the Stars Fall |
4:04 |
| Style: Dreamy acoustic flavor with Spanish guitars and trumpet. Theme: The lost golden age of cinema. Celluloid heroes grow old and fade away. |
5. |
Sketches in the Sand |
6:08 |
| Style: Full-production melodic rock with classical overtones. Theme: Nostalgic tale of lost love and lost youth. |
6. |
Tribute to a Fool |
3:44 |
| Style: Tumbleweed rock ballad ala Roy Orbison. Theme: To those who keep winning at losing at love. Feeling small in the saddle. |
7. |
House of Love |
3:57 |
| Style: Uptempo cajun style ditty with dobros. Bluegrass meets the blues. Theme: Just another old-fashioned divorce song. |
8. |
Jade and Steel |
3:17 |
| Style: Lush haunting ballad with pedal steel and cello. Theme: An international affection connection. |
9. |
Yonderville |
3:44 |
| Style: Uptempo acoustic rock. Joni Mitchell with testosterone. Theme: Utopia dangles there slightly out of our reach. |
10. |
Rose Bolero |
4:51 |
| Style: Romantic rock chamber orchestra with flamenco passion. Theme: Valiant love song. |
11. |
Geometry |
2:48 |
| Style: Rock with an acoustic blues edge. Theme: Love shouldn't have to be so complicated. |
12. |
Hanging On for Dear Love |
4:50 |
| Style: Rock with a harder edge. Theme: Taking that lover's leap into the unknown. |