28 December 2007

Occam's Razor



Written and recorded in Summer 2005. This song is another synth meditation, applying heavy layers of strings in chorus. Occasionally, the string section will peak into a tinny hard-synth sound, evocative of club sequences.

The drums are not an honest loop - well, yes it's a programmed drum sequence, but it was recorded simultaneously with the synth part. While playing, I occasionally hit keys that were programmed to either re-start the sequence (thus causing uneven 'loops') or to diverge from the sequence into a drum roll (listen for it when the guitar dies down in the middle) or other fills.

There is a live guitar part on this song...two in fact! The main electric guitar part, which comes in after 45 seconds of intro, was rehearsed many times but recorded in one take as usual. Somewhere in the middle, comes in a clean guitar part to echo one of the electric guitar riffs, and it remains through to the end of the song. The interplay between the two guitar parts is interesting, and one of the first real successes I've had in combining two very different guitar melodies.

Enjoy the song. Listen with headphones.

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