For the sake of archiving this tune’s development, I’m uploading eight bars from track 2 of Somió release, Deva. The piece is entitled “San Feliz” and inspired by memories of reading Murakami in the garden last year (hence the bluesy chords), swigging ice-cold Coke in the sunshine and the summer I long for!
I’m trying to create a loose downtempo funk mood to reflect my highly relaxed state of mind at the time. These eight bars (repeated with some heavily edited Balinese Bells in the second eight) should give an early indication of how well I’m reaching the intended goal.
Clearly not mixed at all. These are early days.
Thoughts?
San Feliz Teaser (Update 2: 28/05/2009)
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Oh, and here’s San Feliz:
DEVA forms the title track for the album of a new recording project, Somió.
I’m in the process of pulling compositions together for this and have begun work on a separate website. The reason for divorcing this work from other tracks is that I’m looking for a consistent theme for Somió. I’ve a tendency to “go with the flow” when writing, but I want at least some of my work to develop along a particular line.
DEVA (more about the origins of the project and album at somio.net) was sketched some time ago as six random notes (or 12 if you count the slight change in each alternating bar). I did make an earlier attempt at arranging it back in March, but I’m much happier with this version.
The bass sequence remains rock solid throughout the track, barring two very short pauses as the main theme is introduced. The percussive sounds and frequency changes are intended to punctuate what is essentially the exploration of a very basic melody.
The arrangement of this track is complete but I will be back to check levels before mastering.
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