{"id":32,"date":"2005-03-11T23:50:15","date_gmt":"2005-03-12T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregbueno.com\/wp\/meisakuki\/2005\/03\/11\/done\/"},"modified":"2005-03-11T23:50:15","modified_gmt":"2005-03-12T07:50:15","slug":"done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/meisakuki\/2005\/03\/11\/done\/","title":{"rendered":"Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished music on the 10th track of Imprint<\/i>, and I don’t plan on writing any more new material for this project. This latest song — untitled, of course<\/a> — seems to fit in near the end of the track listing just fine. Any other additions may throw the sequencing off.
\nI originally planned to write a dub-influenced track, a la “Slave Song” by Sade or “Intensity (You Are)” by ACO. I was even thinking about lifting the drum beat from “Secret Oktober” by Duran Duran. But it was an incongruous fit, and I couldn’t pluck out any sort of hook from that rhythm.
\nAfter I finished work on the title track itself, the mood of the album shifted, and a dub track would have stuck out.
\nSo I had to write something from scratch.
\nI came up with this one chord progression, but it sounded a bit too inspirational. I think it was influenced by Sasagawa Miwa. I decided not to pursue it.
\nThen a few days ago, I took an inventory of everything — finished and unfinished songs. That meant scouring the entire contents of my old demo tape, in addition to browsing through this entry<\/a>. I ran across a reference to an old sketch I made:<\/p>\n

Untitled (“elevator”)<\/b> I don’t know what this chord progression stands for, but I’m guess “elevator” refers to “elevator music”. Still evaluating the potential.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I vaguely remembered that chord progression and decided to unearth it. The sketch was dated January 1998 — seven years ago! — and it was eight bars. It fit well with the general tone of Imprint<\/i> but was markedly different. So I expanded on it, gave it some typical chords and an atypical bass line, and by the end of the night, I had the skeleton of a song.
\nAt first, I thought it would just be piano and voice, but in between the instrumental interlude (“Undone”) and “Love and Pride”, that barebones arrangement broke the momentum. It took a bit of trial and error to find a drum beat to go with it, but I decided to do something weird — I lifted the pattern from “Love and Pride” verbatim.
\nI’m thinking of making to the two tracks bleed into each other so that the final chord of the new song<\/a> kicks off the start of “Love and Pride”. I don’t know if it’ll happen, but reusing that drum pattern worked out for the song.
\nSo yes, after a month and a half of work, I’ve finished (what I consider) a full album of material. I’m already thinking ahead to the other songs on my old demo and how they may fit with other projects.
\n(The next Eponymous 4 “release” is going to be much more dissonant. It will probably be another five-track EP.)
\nI was about to take a stab at writing the lyrics tonight — I wrote four in the last week — but I shouldn’t be greedy.
\nI’m just glad to have reached as far as I have.<\/p>\n

\nJust in case you missed the previous links to this new song I’m talking about, let me be more explicit: “Untitled (ACO 5)<\/a>”
\nI’m sure I’ll be adding more instruments to this song later, but right now, I’ve got a good foundation. It’s probably the most optimistic song in the entire work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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