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= Mistress Of Guitar (Album) = Mistress Of Guitar Is the debut album of artist Casey Pomeroy under his stage name/band name Sanasmith. It was released on 17th September 2021 and consists of eight original songs and a piano vocal cover of Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.

The music on the album was written, produced, mixed and recorded all by Casey Pomeroy as a lock-down project during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pomeroy describes the album as a side project in a TikTok video, "As I am an Actor not a musician," - C Pomeroy 2021

The album was first released as individual tracks on the platform Bandlab throughout the audio mixing process, eventually Sanasmith released the album on Soundcloud. The album was not released with any record label or independent producer as Pomeroy explains it is a side project not intended to earn income.

Context
The album follows a left-wing political view focusing on themes of Anti-War Pacifism. Pomeroy has stated that he wishes for his political beliefs to be heard but he does not expect everyone to agree or join him in his beliefs."'I'd much rather that you, like.. listened to the music I made rather than a political belief shared by probably most of my generation, like... my age group pretty much all believe we should look out for one another and yeah... we hate the Tories but it's not like the 70s which was pretty much a golden age for Punk rock. Yes I have punk ideologies but I'm not in a position to push them in the way that I would necessarily want to... So I made an album and if you want to listen to it, great! If you want to hear it... Even Better.' -C Pomeroy 2021"The first song on the album, Mistress was written using a random lyrics generator that Pomeroy then adapted to fit his music. Rumors arose that he completed the entire song on the afternoon of his older brother's eighteenth birthday party. Later that evening Pomeroy vomited for the first time due to alcohol. Although stemming from truth, the track was actually written over a sixth month period, Pomeroy forgot the track the morning after the party and didn't revisit it until later the same year. At this point, Pomeroy had decided to create the then rock inspired song into Thrash Metal by swapping the Piano part for a third guitar and replacing the original square synth to a delayed metal synthesiser instead.

The second song on the album was written when Pomeroy returned to education for his first year at St Peters Sixth Form. Pomeroy spent periods of time suffering from Depression, he wrote the song Pyscho-Depression after an unsuccessful counseling session supplied by the school. Pomeroy's mental health returns as a theme in the rest of the album. Psycho-Depression's vocals sound "Off" compared to the rest of the album as Pomeroy deliberately recorded them during a low point. This is one of two tracks on the album that does not use a 4/4 time signature. Psycho-Depression's time signature changes through the chorus along with a distinct falling sound mimicking the screams references in the chorus.

The Doorway into the dungeon is the third track on the album. This song is loosely based on Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven. Towards the end of the song, the chords are the same as Stairway To Heaven and the guitar solo has a distinct reference to Jimmy Page's style of guitar.

Other songs on the album use particularly In-You-Face lyrics that portray Sanasmith's political message through facts and opinions. On the track, The System will Do No Harm, the vocals follow a Warcry-like pattern to convey the message. The following song, The Pain Of War uses a similar style of vocals but a more melodic form. Pomeroy stated that if he were not limited to the norm of 3 minute songs, he would write the two songs into one. This statement contradicts the rest of the album however as all but two of the tracks are over 3 minutes and many of them over six.

The track Interlude or Of Guitar (Depending on the release you listen to) is an instrumental only track of what Sanasmith describe as a noodle-session. This however is a false statement as the entire track is created digitally using midi samples of a Gibson Les Paul played through a digital amplifier and pedal board. The track shows off Pomeroy's skills as a producer and sound technician.

Aristocrap uses a 3.4 time signature that is skillfully only made apparent after the intro, this is because Pomeroy used a clean synth sound and a 2/4 hi-hat beat.

Trivia
Sanasmith was initially a group of students at St Peter's Sixth Form formed by Casey Pomeroy during the first national Lockdown in the UK. The only confirmed members are Pomeroy and one other unnamed stuent.

The Cover art has two editions, on depicted as a flaming electric guitar with the Band Logo prominent on the front, the other being a flaming acoustic guitar without the titles Of Guitar and the band logo being placed at very top of the album.

The track, "Inspiration" was intended to be included on the album but Pomeroy admits he forgot to record it. The track is reportedly a tribute to John Lennon

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