{"id":235,"date":"2021-08-03T20:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ertekprojects.com\/gurdal-ertek-music\/?p=235"},"modified":"2022-04-09T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T16:13:19","slug":"i-was-there-a-while-ago-a-song-for-expatriates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ertekprojects.com\/gurdal-ertek-music\/blog\/classic-music\/i-was-there-a-while-ago-a-song-for-expatriates\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was There, a While Ago &#8211; A Song for Expatriates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/modern_times-1\/gecenlerde-oradaydim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to the song.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Missing one&#8217;s home country is a part of expatriate life.<\/p>\n<p>It feels just as if it was a while ago being in home country, where one experiences the small little unique life moments.<\/p>\n<p>This song was originally composed to a poem by a Turkish expatriate in the US, who left everything behind and moved to a new life.<\/p>\n<p>The arrangement and performance of the song is by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/elliotkempton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ElliotKempton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/modern_times-1\/gecenlerde-oradaydim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to the song.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1099528357&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"modern_times\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/modern_times-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modern_times<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Gecenlerde Oradaydim\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/modern_times-1\/gecenlerde-oradaydim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gecenlerde Oradaydim<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the song. 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