Northern Perspective by Arch Rockfeller

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Like most artistes, I started writing songs as a teenager. That's when one has the most time to dedicate to hobbies, after all.

Some of my initial attempts were pretty dire, but by my late teens it felt like I was getting the hang of it.

Over the next decade, from then up to my late twenties, I put in a lot of time and effort, and gradually came up with quite a repertoire, experimenting along the way with different styles and methods of composition.

Very few of the resulting songs were well-recorded at the time, though.

Over the preceding few records I had begun to dust off some of these early tunes.*

But there still remained a sizeable backlog of numbers that seemed worthy of recording. This album, "Northern Perspective", was my first full-scale excavation project.

(A second would follow in 2018-2020... Stay tuned for its eventual release!)

The timing (2002-04) was perfect as I was attending a university music program, meeting tons of exciting new players. Many of whom are heard on this, and subsequent, projects.

Also, while I was making my first attempts at writing songs in a more jazzy style at that time, I didn't yet feel ready to record a jazz album.

So the numbers I was writing during that period such as "Sun Sea Sand Sky Skin", "Nothing to Hide", "Some Nudity Required" and "Moon Over Downsview" ended up being stockpiled for quite some time.

While I focused on rejuvenating these songs and bringing them to life in the studio.

The record ended up being both my longest project up to that point, and the one with the biggest cast of players. It was the first time I took as long as needed to get the exact right crew of people for each song.

As such, there has been a lot less re-recording done for this one than was done for previous reissues. There were some things about the mix, though, which needed to be improved.

The album was pretty well-received at the time, and I hope folks listening to this revised version will also enjoy it!


*(On "Beyond Perfection": "Totally Cool", "I Need The Money", "Something Nasty In The Kitchen"

On "Into Thin Air": "Shop At Home", "Get Off the Stage", and the music for "House of Broken Dreams", "Showoff", and parts of "Complete Beauty Makeover" and "Greedy, Greedy".

On "Houseplants": "The Greenhouse Effect", "Squealing Tires", "Dying For a Smoke", and the music for "Why Should I Believe You" and "I Wish You Well".)