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The original Solo Flight Studios was a tape based Tascam 38 reel to reel
multi-track
recording system.
The Individual Track Performances I recorded live and mixed down onto a vintage Revox 1/4" stereo tape recorder.
Solo Flight Studios (circa 1981)
hillsongs vol. 1
All songs copyright Donald S Hill.
How a simple smile can change you
The heartache that comes with relationships that we deny
About young self assurance and the ever changing doubts that comes with aging
A very vulnerable time in my life. Searching for self worth
Written for an old friend who had it all but could't get his act together enough to really shine
Written for my mother. Life was hard on her.
For the dreamer in all of us.
(old friend Charlie Mead on piano)
For my wife and Bermuda.
I wrote this before, during and after my father's death. We had a very complicated relationship. The song is about forgiveness and healing.
Wrote this as a wedding gift for an old friend. I sang it acapella at the ceremony.
Same song. I thought it might be fun to produce it with a whole rhythm section.
I had heard from a publisher I was working with that the Beach Boys were looking for songs. My dearest friend Michael and I put this one together. Strange, it came out more like a Huey Lewis song.
Life can be a rocky road.
These three songs were written for and frequently played on the day time soap opera Santa Barbara.
Michael and I got back together and wrote a Christmas song.
About self reliance and hard work. Won a songwriting competition with this one.
A little ditty about love gone astray. The only guitar solo I ever recorded. Really nice bridge.
This song has the best backstory. As a Boston Celtic's fan back in the Larry Bird era, I wrote this and sent it to a radio station in Boston, WVBF. They started playing it during the playoffs. It quickly became the most requested song on their station. I updated the song several times over the years as it continued to be a fan favorite. It was used in a Celtic's movie documentary, was sold in local McDonald's restaurants for charity, and has been listened to over 61,000 on you tube. Amazing what a silly little song can do!