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Genesis
of "Taste of the Good Life"
Inspired
by Shortwave Dahlia's Car Trip
Parts, pieces, sections and unfinished melodies often find themselves
strewn about the house and mind of any musician or artist. As well,
always at work is the constant attempt to rectify these pieces that you
feel are worthy; but in a way that does them justice. A lot of
times that is why they stand unfinished: because whatever you were doing
with them—be it the direction, the parts you had around it—it never
seems to be right.
So you put it on the back burner, and wait. For better parts? Perhaps.
For inspiration? I guess, if it happens. Whatever it is, my
feeling is as long as you never forget 'em, you'll somehow get it right
(hopefully).
So, a few months ago, an F.O.C. by the name of Jack Alberson of
Shortwave
Dahlia suggested I listen to a track of his (an electronic piece
called "Car Trip"), so that maybe I could write something over
it.
The piece was very cool, a great, rich scape of sounds. But I just
couldn't come up with anything on the spot. So, I threw on top of it two
separate parts—lyrics and melodies of a verse and a chorus (along with
the accompanying guitar parts)—of some things I had previously
written, thinking "slap something together" and just see what
happens.... You know, just something he could listen to and go
"cool" or "uh, no!" Whichever.
I freaked out. He freaked out. I had never thought of these two pieces
together and somehow they really worked.
Now, Jack's piece of music was too far removed from my style to make it
work for my music, and I already had drum ideas for both of these pieces
which I didn't want to part with. Plus, the original chords were
different than Jack's piece (which revolved on this intensely cool
circular B chord.) It just turned out the melodies work over both chord
parts.
So I set on a path to figure out how to finish the marriage of
these two parts.
I began melding the two drum parts into a cohesive arrangement. That
spawned an intro idea which forced me to re-write the 1st chorus
drums.
Mind you, this was almost all still in my head; I hadn't even started
recording yet.
Then came time for me to begin recording the song in earnest. I felt
that getting in the trenches would reveal additional clues as to where
the song would take me.
I probably took 2 or 3 stabs at the bridge before finally discovering
something, thanks to the piano sitting next to me (credit Paul
McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed for that bit of inspiration).
My friend Sutton Althizar (from the band
Ragsy) came in and did a ton of takes for the guitar
solo, which also forced me into re-thinking the priority of certain
guitar parts during this section.
More work, tightening, revising, slightly re-arranging, and growth 'til
I finally got to what you hear now.
Songwriters draw on all facets of things for their inspiration. Be
it sociological responses to life, or maybe a movie or concert which
inspires your art to greater expectations.
In this case, it was the little electronic piece of a friend.
Thank you, Jack, for pushing me in the direction I needed to go.
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