Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Evolution of a Song part 2

The next song that has a checkered lineage is D2 (discovery part 2 that is, officially known as Mad Night). In a fashion similar to D1, it was born as a midi demo, (only this time done entirely on keyboards) until it gradually evolved into to a gtr, bass, drums, keys/sax and vocals piece.

This tune was a favorite for the band live and was a new sound for us, derived as it was (and indeed much of the album has been) on a 12-tone row and permutations therefrom.

We went to Shattered Wings and recorded live-off-the-floor with David on bass. We overdubbed guitars and whispered vocals. I really like this version but Aaron wanted to re-do it so we did...with Claude on bass. Anyway D2V1DC:

Then we re-did the song afresh at Ange's with Aaron, Claude, Ange and I live-off-the-floor with various edits and overdubs done later.

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