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Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Time" by Emibyrd

By Bob Makin

originally published: 10/30/2020


Singer-songwriter-harpist Emibyrd premieres the self-produced video for “Time” with Makin Waves at New Jersey Stage. PHOTO COURTESY OF EMIBYRD

 

Central Jersey-raised singer-songwriter-harpist Emibyrd not only produced the first single off their "Shining-Colored World" album, they also produced a sexy video for the exotic, erotic, and eerie dance-pop of “Time” that premieres here as the Makin Waves Song of the Week:

As the Makin Waves Song of the Week, “Time” also can be heard at 5 and 11 a.m., 5 p.m., and midnight through Thursday at thepenguinrocks.com and at 6:45 p.m. on Friday and Monday on its “Radio Jersey” show.

"’Time’" was inspired by the Syfy TV series ‘12 Monkeys,’ which I binged during the lockdown,” said Emibyrd, now based near Washington, D.C. “I will be announcing the release of the video on all my social media platforms, and I plan on performing the song at upcoming Zoom shows and promoting the video then.”




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Mastered by Adam Haggar at Mount Olympia Mastering in Philadelphia, the haunting yet accessible “Time” sounds especially unusual because of the playing of Emibyrd, one of the few harpists in popular music. A student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Emibyrd was a child prodigy who began composing and performing while in elementary school.

Released in late September, "Shining-Colored World" follows the 2016 LP, “Lift,” and two 2017 singles "Revolutionary" and "Dreamin',” which you can enjoy here:

 

 

Bob Makin is a reporter for USA TODAY NETWORK and the former managing editor of The Aquarian Weekly, which launched this column in 1988. Contact him via email and like Makin Waves on Facebook.




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About the author:

New Jersey Stage is proud to be the home of Bob Makin's Makin Waves column since 2017. His Song of the Week column comes out every Friday. He also writes an Album of the Month and Interview of the Month as well.


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