Parting Gift by Nathan Smith

"Parting Gift" is Nathan Smith's debut album, comprised of musical material composed from 2004 through 2015. The album features many of Nathan's friends, family members, and clients (Nathan is a full-time piano technician).

The title track of the album features audio clips of all of the Nathan's grandparents and two of his great-grandparents, and was a joint effort between Ryan Pivovar (Queens, NY) and Nathan Smith (Plano, TX).

All pianos tuned by Nathan Smith, except for track 6 (which was tuned by David C. Brown).

Tracklist

1.	TEAC Test	1:03

2.	If You Have A Moment	2:41

3.	Back To The Start (feat. Amber Nicholson & Matt Hibbard)	2:33

4.	Dies Irae	0:32

5.	You Are Beautiful	3:10

6.	Here Comes The Son, If You Run He Will Chase You	1:49

7.	Don't Quit (feat. Chase Arrington)	3:02

8.	See You Again (feat. Bruce "Swamp" Weiss)	3:01

9.	A Time To Heal (feat. Derrick Horne)	4:44

10.	Doxology (feat. Adam Pickrell) [new melody by Nathan Smith]	3:18

11.	When That Day Is Here (feat. Bobby Ray Sparks II)	5:31

12.	I'd Like To Follow The Green [Lyle Mayfield]	3:02

13.	Parting Gift (feat. Ryan Pivovar)	8:22

14.	Weeping Waltz	7:11

15.	To Where We Do Not Know	2:44

16.	One Time Friend [Jay Round]	4:56

17.	Londonderry Air [Traditional]	1:53

18.	I Wish We'd All Been Ready (feat. Bobby Ray Sparks II) [Larry Norman]	3:55

19.	I Wasn't Ready (feat. Danielle Weller)	4:50

20.	The Longest Road [Lyle Mayfield]	2:50

21.	Coming To The End	4:32

22.	When The Resurrection Comes (feat. Kenny Eyman) [Lyle Mayfield]	11:06

Credits

released April 5, 2015

All pieces composed by Nathan Smith (except where noted otherwise).

Produced / Mixed all over DFW:

Ryan Smith at Greenfield Records (Dallas, TX)
Matt Hibbard at Twin House Studio (Denton, TX)
Adam Pickrell at Analog Ranch (Dallas, TX)
Ryan Pivovar at Pivs Castle (Queens, NY)
Nathan Smith (all over North Texas and Southern Illinois)

Mastered by Ryan Smith at Greenfield Records (Dallas, TX)

Much gratitude to my Savior, my wife Jessica Elise Smith (for not ripping my head off when I stayed up all night mixing), my brother Ryan Smith (for dealing with my forceful behavior when stress was building at the end of production), Matt Hibbard (for his patience with my nine-million nitpicks), Adam Pickrell (for taking time out of his busy schedule to complete the tracks we collaborated on), Ryan Pivovar (for his professionalism and contribution of his talents), and to all the other wonderful people and studios who offered to assist, though our schedules didn't line up - including NAMS (Frisco, TX), Elmwood Recording (Dallas, TX), and Pleasantry Lane (Dallas, TX).

Artwork by Ryan Pivovar and Jessica Smith.

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