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Day Of Retrograde/Etude No. 11
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Way back when I was in college, I took astronomy. It was there I was introduced to the concept of retrograde. I came up with the bare bones idea of a song called Day Of Retrograde. It's not until now, that it's been fleshed out and is now officially recorded. About the Etude, for the first ten years or so of the millennium we are in, I worked a lot in restaurants playing classical guitar (secondary income). I stopped that when it finally became to stressful. The great irony of classical guitar, I find, is that it's relaxing to listen to, but usually it's anything but relaxing to play. Every nuance and note have to be perfect. I revived Heitor Villa-Lobos' Prelude No. 11 (one of the songs I played back in the day) as I felt it would compliment this one quite well. This is a real long one, I know, but I hope that just like with tunes such as Like A Rolling Stone, Hey Jude, and Stairway To Heaven, you'll find that it's worth every second.
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Released 14-Jun-2025
Category Rock
Application Studio One
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Type mp3
Size 4.2 Mb
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Plays 8
Downloads 1
Weekly plays 1
Weekly downloads 1
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Lyrics
Outwit the stars, way up high
Watch the passerbys falls out of sight
Hesitation clear to the eye
See the big men turn to parasite

CHORUS:
It's the day of retrograde
No deep thoughts seem to be flying
It's the day of retrograde
But the sun is shining

Tension runs high in this year
No one can tell if it's good or bad
In a passing phase stifle a fear
Learn to accept feeling that we had

REPEAT CHORUS:

The fetler man didn't think I could sing this song
What would he say now that I've proved him wrong

Miles it seems, the path you're on
Don't let the planets control you
But one further step and then it's gone
Send your vibrations to the chosen few
 
REPEAT CHORUS:
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Telemetry
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Great Track; enjoyed.
11 months ago
yoslounge
artist
Yes classical guitar very pleasing to listen to 
And tough to play .. it was the first instrument I picked for study at the academy and I just left 3 months through just wanted to strum and play chords switched to string although the nylon had a special sound and flavor too 
Great comp and play you have here 
Well enjoyed .. 
Latest song: Late Night Groove
11 months ago
TrebleFace
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OMG what a great journey.  Instant classic.  Prog rock at its best.  Pink Floyd/Yes would be proud to come up with this. 10 out of 10.
Latest song: Bomb Iran
11 months ago
morfadrena
artist
Superb guitar! Awesome!!!  =)
Latest song: time III
11 months ago
Wyndsok
artist
Wow Mark... You really break out your chops on this one!
Nearly nine minutes of pure joy for this old ears.
"Worth every second"? H E L L yes!
:-)
11 months ago
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