Singled Out: Shane Gamble

"Turn My Way" is a track that was written quite quickly on my studio couch one day. The basic premise of the song is about a guy that sees a girl that just blows him away... but she doesn't really notice him. It's his determination to meet the girl that propels the song.

Originally, I made an acoustic "demo" of "Turn My Way" that I just LOVED. To me the song felt done. It was essentially acoustic guitar vocal and a set of concert bells for the pre chorus. At this same time I was talking with Atlanta based producer Rick Beato. Rick said, "why don't you send me some new songs?"... So I said, "well, I have this new song 'Turn My Way' that I just recorded but I might just keep it like it is." He responded, "Shane..."I'm a producer! send it to me!" After he heard the song he called me and said "Dude, I have to produce this song...I got it"... So off to Atlanta from Washington, DC I fly... As it turns out, Rick did and amazing job producing the song!

I found that tempo was a really important factor. For this song, it needed to have enough drive to feel urgent, but enough space to allow the lyrical message to breathe. By the time I got off the airplane and arrived back home the song was well on its way to sounding complete, but there was one element missing; the female vocal. So Rick provided me the tracks and I completed the song at my Maryland studio by pulling in good friend Jaqueline Claypool on harmony vocals. The song is now complete, it tells the whole story. Enjoy!