Tuesday, July 28, 2015

you know, this is a piece of music to be proud of - maybe especially because i was 15 when i wrote it, although this version was created (initially with vocals) when i was 17. you've got that harpsichord part at the beginning, which was programmed into an ry30. bass parts inspired by tony levin. arpeggiated guitars, moving into a slow motion sweep pick on a big bass beat, opening up into those trills as the climax and falling into a big open chord grunge chorus. all kept together by a percussive use of noise as a rhythmic background, including a sample of a printer. it's something a mid 80s peter gabriel might have come up with. as art pop it's arguably rather revolutionary. this is old,, but it's really worth fighting for to get just right. i just really wish the gear would cooperate in stabilizing a sound so i can actually do it.