Seed - (First Rifts)

Seed - (First Rifts)

OK, so Fall is on the way, but at the moment I can't move it ahead much. I was going to start to write lyrics, but I will probably wait until the band is on it before I settle on anything lyrically.

As a result I've decided to start a second project, this time working music first. I should probably warn you that there may be a number of abandoned rifts in this process, so unless you tell me "hey, that's a cool rift" there's no guarantee I will finish any given song in this blog.




Boy, I hate the guitar tone on the Pod, so long term I'm  either going to have to buy new equipment, work out how to get a better sound from the pod or become a better guitar player. The last thing probably ain't going to happen soon enough, so we'll see what happens.

Ok, still going with writing multiple rifts at the same time to build, but did something different this time - writing two guitar parts simultaneously. (Yeah, I know smart ass - obviously I'm not literally playing both parts simultaneously - just hang in there wiseguy).

This has 3 basic rifts, but 2 separated with the 2 guitar parts, so you'll find:

0:00 - 0:20         - verse rift 1
0:20 - 0:40         - verse rift 2
0:40 - 1:04         - chorus
1:04 - 1:25         - bridge rift 1
1:25 - 1:48         - bridge rift 2

Noticed after mixing that I had pushed the 2nd guitar too far back in the mix. This was because I was embarrassed by the tone. I will play around with the rifts over the next couple of days, probably push the tempo up a little and polish the playing. I tend to be very sloppy when I first write rifts, and I can hear it clearly in the verse and bridge rifts here.

And, ironically, I think the rifts on the second guitar, the ones you can barely hear, are actually the better rifts, so look for a number of changes regarding the two guitar parts in the next blog.

-Update -

OK, been playing round with this track in my head and noticed that they can fit the beat to this demo somewhat, so henceforth this project will go by the name Seed. Read my blog post from earlier today to read those lyrics.