:: Album : Overture
:: Released : Aug.2004 [re-issued Mar.2007]
:: Album Comments..
:: Frightening as though it may seem, about halfway through 7even Bridges I was lying in bed and i thought, wouldnt it be cool to have an album that had a different THEME on every track, the opposite of 'bridges ... lol and so it began.. this took longer than expected mainly because of the huge amount of overdubding guitar-wise..
:: My favourite track on here has to be 'Far Far Away', which id love to be used for a film someday... I was trying to recreate the sound of bagpipes and a marching feel... wether it works or not is up to the listener but ive always liked recreating different sounds on guitar, different textures..
:: 'Grand Opening' is all about a big procession, a slow anthemic piece with some of my attempts at re-creating an orchestral guitar sound in the middle, well, thats how I'd describe it.. I like tunes like SHINE ( 7even bridges ) as its just one guitar playing the " VOCAL " part with some harmonies at the end, but Grand Opening was a direct need for me to see just HOW many guitars I could layer before it all got too much... the result 64 guitars in the middle section all overlayed and overdubbed.. I had a blast!
:: 'Lucifier Crucifier' nearly turned out to be a whole album all of its own, but at the end of the day if i'd have started that OVERTURE would never have gotten done .. its supposed to be very Egyptian dark sounding but still rock...
:: 'This Place is Gonna Blow' - I wanted to do a rockier number, that kind of went wierd in the middle, its got this fast diminished thing slap bang before the solo and was a pain in the arse to get right.. why do i do this lol !! well after about a few takes and then some it kinda felt right... if id have been really picky id still be recording that little segment.. nevertheless a great little tune that i hope to play live as well...
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