We’ve made it to the semifinals. Time for something completely different!
I knew in this spot I wanted to do something poppy, especially after how the last song ended. Couple that with the fact that everything so far was played straight with no real shuffle/swing feel and this one nearly wrote itself. To really compliment this, I decided to gleefully ignore the music theory rules of diatonic harmony and go nuts with chords that “don’t belong” in the key of G. Lastly, I realized that the bridge was an excellent time to call back to the first song, complete with solo.
Lyrically, this one’s completely straightforward. They’re among the final four teams! Hooray! Too bad they’re losing…
This song’s recording trick (besides all of the vocals, most of which are intentionally buried in the mix): The guitar solo on this recording was the first take… but I felt it didn’t have enough dirt. So, solo’d the track, ran a cable out from my interface, and recorded the solo going through my Orange amp. It didn’t add a lot of dirt, but it was enough to separate it in the mix. Also, for you guitar freaks: The left guitar is the Gibson, the right guitar (and the solo) is the Telecaster. Both rhythm guitars had the pickup switch in the middle position. See if you can hear the difference!
As always, thank you for listening! Feel free to share and let me know what you think. Take care and come on back in two weeks for this project’s finale!
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