Ghosts Pre-release and Detroit Grit
photo by Emily Orlando @eorl17_eo
A Detroit Contradiction
How does a song that tries to capture the grit and tone of circa 1998 Detroit end up with a James Bond-ish Spanish vibe? That’s a story I’ll share later, but for now, enjoy the song and make sure to pre-order the ep.
New Music and the recording process
Gang,
It’s been two years since I released new music and I couldn’t be more excited to share the new songs with you. Over the next month or so, I’ll go into the details on the song writing process, how we recorded the tunes, inspiration for them and other rambling stories that may or may not be relevant to the music.
One More Time
If you order the pre-sale now, you can get the song, One More Time as an early download. This song has gone through a number of iterations before I landed on lyrics etc. that I thought we good enough to share. The main theme of the song is a last dance, a moment of clarity when a relationship that consumes you, drives you wild, needs to end or your future you will be ruined. In this story, our character sets him or herself u for a final goodbye, but of course is overcome by magnet that pulled him or her there to begin with and can’t ever leave. As the tune evolved, the idea of consumption isn’t a person per se, pop’s it’s into the story line as well.
The Dance
I really dig how the tremolo guitars pair with the synthesizers as I keep falling back on that sound. We replaced the drum machines from North Coast Electric with live drums from Rick Beamon on the ep, and he really kills it (though we did keep a little vintage Roland 707 on this track if you can pick it out). Also, we replaced the synth bass with real bass in the performance by Takashi Iio, my long-time friend.
Mike List performs percussion and handclaps, bringing that Spanish vibe full circle- especially during the guitar solo.
I couldn’t be more happier with how this one turned out.
Well, got cut this one short. Thanks for listening (or reading the right word? either way..)
Till next time-
-SG