Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Why not get a tattoo of your chosen theme?


Hi. I'm adopting a new technique this time round. Thanks to my friend Rich, the chord sequence for the song has been created for me. Rich told me on the phone the other night he wrote the chords on a piece of paper whilst his guitar was just out of reach, so he's never even heard what they sound like when played. This style and approach is of course, right up my street.

So I'm going to play around them (Rich urges me to apply some smooth jazz stylings and given our subject matter - Spontaneous Human Combustion, I think, ahem, some spontaneity would be VERY apt).

I was always a really big fan of Oli's backing track for what became Know It Now on Superheroes Of Science so I might plunder the depths of the synth wash (again). Having said that, all of the tracks I've written so far have started in one style, been trashed, been written in another style, been trashed, then cobbled together near the last minute.

My research into SHC so far has revealed that nearly all sufferers of this appalling condition were found either with their heads in the grates of fire places, or next to bar heaters. Far be it for me to try and explain the unexplained but I am ALREADY beginning to sense a connection between ... conventional sources of heat ... and ... people being set on fire. Clearly I need to dig deeper. Why the fast burning? Why so intense? Why? I can't wait to explore the possible causes of ignition, through the power of SYNTHESIZERS.

2 comments:

  1. 'Spontaneous Combustion'... its a great name for a garish 1980s jazz fusion band. Matching purple jumpers, plenty of chorus effects on the horns and an electronic jazz drum kit. Niiiiice.

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  2. Sounds like Field has taken the IML to a new level of experimentation. Psychic composition. Now if we could just figure out a way of transferring the psychic chords without actually disclosing what they are - we'd have a genuine Mystery Of The Unexplained on our hands.

    I fully approve the know-it-now approach. This is a spooky theme, and needs synthesis! Either that or chorussy horns and drum pads.

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