I took in a bit of distraction last night, a little composition time in F# minor for bass, guitar and keyboard. The old fingers are still sadly absent of calluses, so the bass chewed them up something proper. And, sadly, in afterthought, I realized that all that work on developing a bass solo in an atypical key — while sounding like a good idea at the time, might not be as workable as I thought. It might have to migrate to the guitar and be modified for the access to the upper register those extra two strings provide.
I should figure out what mode I am in. I have a feeling that I’ve complicated things by doing so… i/ii°/iv/III/VI — I think, based on a generator? Perhaps??? What the hell is that? I think I broke something in theory. [Apparently it is Dorian. Huh, AI can be helpful at times after all.]
Anyway, it was a distraction, writing something Faith-era that I actually might add Smith’s talky style lyrics to from a piece I wrote in February on the other site. Or maybe something new. I heard the patterns so many times last night it is stuck in my head.
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I get this and yet somewhere there exists a spark, a hope perhaps, that by moving we can effect a change.
Well put.
Rolling over and pulling sheets over my head didn’t help. Guess I’d better just get up and work.
Or a distraction!
I took in a bit of distraction last night, a little composition time in F# minor for bass, guitar and keyboard. The old fingers are still sadly absent of calluses, so the bass chewed them up something proper. And, sadly, in afterthought, I realized that all that work on developing a bass solo in an atypical key — while sounding like a good idea at the time, might not be as workable as I thought. It might have to migrate to the guitar and be modified for the access to the upper register those extra two strings provide.
I should figure out what mode I am in. I have a feeling that I’ve complicated things by doing so… i/ii°/iv/III/VI — I think, based on a generator? Perhaps??? What the hell is that? I think I broke something in theory. [Apparently it is Dorian. Huh, AI can be helpful at times after all.]
Anyway, it was a distraction, writing something Faith-era that I actually might add Smith’s talky style lyrics to from a piece I wrote in February on the other site. Or maybe something new. I heard the patterns so many times last night it is stuck in my head.
Brilliant work
Thank you 🙏