David Scott Akin's "Take Me Back To My Home" is another step in an expanding creative journey that begins with an acoustic guitar and evolves into MIDI and digital production.
What’s interesting about the release is the process involved. It started as a very conventional song, Akin writing on acoustic guitar. Then creative ideas entered a digital space, where the original notion grew beyond what I could do on my own.
That blend of organic songwriting and sophisticated technology provides “Take Me Back To My Home” with an interesting creative character. The acoustic guitar is the point of departure, with MIDI and digital instruments offering the possibility to evolve the music in ways that go beyond a traditional performance setup. At the heart of that process is creative freedom. Akin’s method lets him build up what’s in his head rather than limiting the ultimate product to what he can play or sing himself. This is an essential distinction, since it shifts the emphasis to the translation of an internal musical notion into a whole production.
“Take Me Back To My Home” is thus more than a single release, it’s another way that Akin is stretching his creative capabilities. The shift from acoustic guitar to MIDI and digital development shows a willingness to experiment with diverse tools for the music.