Deer Tracks (for solo mandolin)

by John Goodin

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1.	Deer Track, August 18, 2002 01:04		buy track
2.	Deer Track, August 2002 01:43		buy track
3.	Deer Track, July 1, 2002 01:51		buy track
4.	Deer Track, February 2009 01:24		buy track
5.	Deer Track, October 2002 01:28		buy track
6.	Deer Track, June 25, 2003 00:56		buy track
7.	Deer Track, April 8, 2004 01:04		buy track
8.	Deer Track, September 2, 2002 02:32		buy track
9.	Deer Track, June 27, 2003 01:17		buy track
10.	Deer Track, May 8-9, 2012 01:58		buy track
11.	Deer Track, June 2, 2013 01:23	info	buy track
12.	Deer Track, May 19, 2013 01:25		buy track
13.	Deer Track, August 31, 2009 00:52		buy track
14.	Deer Track, June 8, 2013 01:14	info	buy track
15.	Deer Track, July 2, 2003 01:26		buy track
16.	Deer Track, January 23-24, 2005 01:18		buy track
17.	Deer Track, June 24, 2013 01:34	info	buy track
18.	Deer Track, June 16, 2013 01:38	info	buy track
19.	Deer Track, June 9, 2013 00:54		buy track
20.	Deer Track, July 11, 2013 02:07	info	buy track
21.	Deer Track, July 8, 2013 01:21		buy track

about

Deer Tracks is my collective title for a number of short solo mandolin pieces that I have composed here in the early years of the 21st century. Just across the Upper Iowa River from my neighborhood in Decorah are some beautiful bluffs, laced with man-made hiking and bike trails. Running between these human trails is a complex network of animals-only pathways. At some point I began to think of these slightly odd mandolin pieces as being my own deer trails; music slightly off of my own well-worn musical paths.

In May of 2013 I launched a Kickstarter project to raise funds to make proper studio recordings of some of these pieces and to see if a positive response to my offering would "kickstart" me into creating some new Deer Tracks pieces. Support was quick and generous and I composed nearly 30 new pieces, including five pieces commissioned by Kickstarter supporters.

On this CD I present 21 of the over 50 Deer Tracks I had composed as of August 2013, and I dedicate this recording to everyone who encouraged and supported me in this process. Without my wonderful Kickstarter supporters this CD, and a lot of new music, would not exist. Many, many thanks.

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released January 1, 2013

Recorded at Wild Sound Studio in Minneapolis on August 19 & 20, 2013. Produced by Pat O'Loughlin; produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Steve Kaul. Microphones, Royer R122 & Shoeps Colette. Later 1920s Gibson A model mandolin and Thomastik heavy strings. Cover photo by John Goodin. Inside physical disc photos by Pat O'Loughlin. Layout and design of physical disc by Braham Ketcham.

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John Goodin Decorah, Iowa

John Goodin (1951-2021) played guitar and mandolin for decades. He wrote fiddle tunes and pieces for mandolin orchestra, published music books and recorded several CDs. He performed around the country with the contra dance band Contratopia and locally with fiddler Erik Sessions and the Scandinavian-American band Foot-Notes, among others. ... more

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