“Blue Wooden Boat is about having the courage to escape a situation that’s not healthy for you, even if walking away is painful, even if it means you hear bad things about yourself … It’s about feeling like you’re alone and then finding out you’re not.” – Aminah Hughes in Scenestr magazine.
PREMIERE: Scenestr (Melbourne, Aust) November 5, 2018
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Song Title: Blue Wooden Boat
Artist: Aminah Hughes
Label: Blue Wolf Records
Distributed by: MGM
Music Video Credits
Concept/Writer: Aminah Hughes
Producer: Aminah Hughes
Director: Dean Butler (Alucinor Productions)
DOP: Dean Butler
2nd Camera/Gaffer: Gavin Docherty
Drone Operator: Jason North
Camera Assistant: Shane Piggott
Editors: Dean Butler & Aminah Hughes
Grading: Dean Butler
Choreographer: Tessa Gisby
Dancers: Millie Hunt and Macon Riley
Boat: The Rosalie, provided by Bill Devlin at Dockside Marine Services
Song & Recording Credits
Written by Aminah Hughes
Vocals: Aminah Hughes
Piano: Kieran Quinn
Violin: Steve Wickham
Violin: Seamie O’Dowd
Cello: Anna Houston
Double Bass: James Blennerhassett
String arrangement: Ash Gibson Greig, Seamie O’Dowd & Aminah Hughes
Produced by Aminah Hughes
Recorded at Real World Studios, Co. Longford, Ireland, by Paul Gurney and The Soundfield Studio, Perth, Western Australia, by Stuart James.
Mixed by Tim Carter at Treehouse Studios, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters, Memphis, TN
Order, download or stream the full album here.