Difference between revisions of "All the shiny things"
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| − | kind of a simple droney thing. i knew i wanted to try something with very fast strumming on some simple root position chords. i recorded the guitar first then put a bunch of delay and reverb on it. then i wrote the melody and words. the words came pretty quickly once i settled on doing a sort of creation story day dream. i recorded a second guitar and put it through a ring modulator, which is the strange aahooogaaa thing. then i picked a drum beat and put it through a 4bit crusher. [[User:Conorl|Conorl]] 22:05, 18 February 2009 (PST) | + | kind of a simple droney thing. i knew i wanted to try something with very fast strumming on some simple root position chords. i recorded the guitar first then put a bunch of delay and reverb on it. then i wrote the melody and words. i wrote the first line first then wasn't sure where to go with the song, and tried a bunch of stuff. the words came pretty quickly once i settled on doing a sort of creation story day dream. most of the lines look reasonably solid to me except for the "oh my word" bit. that line blows, but i'm too tired to think of anything better right now. i recorded a second guitar and put it through a ring modulator, which is the strange aahooogaaa thing. then i picked a drum beat and put it through a 4bit crusher. [[User:Conorl|Conorl]] 22:05, 18 February 2009 (PST) |
Revision as of 23:20, 18 February 2009
Lyrics
my legs partially subsided in a lake as i lay back wondering what i ought to say radiation fell out on all the shiny things of creation with a bewilderment of waves in the confusion everyone started choosing sides reproducing each one according to its kind oh oh my word so it was and the story ended with galaxies which grow like the fishes nibbling at my toes
Music
Chords
C, Fmaj7, G7sus4
Structure
verse verse verse bridge half-verse
Songwriter Notes
kind of a simple droney thing. i knew i wanted to try something with very fast strumming on some simple root position chords. i recorded the guitar first then put a bunch of delay and reverb on it. then i wrote the melody and words. i wrote the first line first then wasn't sure where to go with the song, and tried a bunch of stuff. the words came pretty quickly once i settled on doing a sort of creation story day dream. most of the lines look reasonably solid to me except for the "oh my word" bit. that line blows, but i'm too tired to think of anything better right now. i recorded a second guitar and put it through a ring modulator, which is the strange aahooogaaa thing. then i picked a drum beat and put it through a 4bit crusher. Conorl 22:05, 18 February 2009 (PST)
