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A Vision of the Future is based upon a previous track of mine, Desert Rain, with some minor rearrangment and the addition of samples of Arthur C Clarke taken from a 1964 BBC Horizon programme. The segment appears to be entitled "A Vision of the Future", but I am not absolutely sure of the name of the particular episode. In the full segment, Clarke goes on to predict the Internet and 3d printing among other things. 

It is my understanding that because it is more than 50 years since broadcast, it is out of copyright, and therefore use of the samples is fair use.

A Vision of the Future

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The Hold

Intro (8 bars):

Arpegiating Keyboard - 16th notes - repeats for 8 bars:

G6, G6, E6, G6, E6, C6, G5, E6, C5, G4, E4, C4, C4, E4, G4, C5, E5, G5, C6, E6, G6, E6

Second Keyboard - echoey stuff - alternates between C maj and Am every other bar:

Bar 1 - C 
Bar 2 - 
Bar 3 - Am1
Bar 4 - 
Bar 5 - C
Bar 6 - 
Bar 7 - Am
Bar 8 - 


Bass is basically an A; alternating between A1 and A2 with an occasional C or A chucked in.

The next 8 bars (bars 9-16) is basically identical but with the introduction of a lead, and for the final bar, there's some anticipatory C chords (G,C,G) to introduce the arrival of a plucking guitar in the next section.

VERSE

(26 bars (further broken into 10 bars, 10 bars, 6 bars):

Bass:

G|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|
D|-------------|-----|---------5-7-|-----|
A|-3-3-3-3-----|---5-|-3-3-3-3-----|-5---|
E|---------3-5-|-5---|-------------|---3-|


Bar 19: C, C, C, C, G, A (A carries on into bar 20)
Bar 20: D
Bar 21: C, C, C, C, G, A
Bar 22: D, G

This is essentially the bassline, with some variations for the whole section. 

Heavy Guitar:

E|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|
B|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|
G|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|
D|-------------|-----|---------5-7-|-----|
A|-3-3-3-3-----|---5-|-3-3-3-3-----|-5---|
E|---------3-5-|-5---|-------------|---3-|

C Major, G Major, A minor, D minor
C Major, G Major, A minor, D minor, G Major

CHORUS:

8 bars.

Bass:

G|---------|---------|---------|--------|
D|---------|---------|---------|--------|
A|---------|---------|-----5-5-|-3-3-3--|
E|-1-1-5-5-|-8-8-5-5-|-1-1-----|--------|


Bar 43: F, F, A, A
Bar 44: C, C, A, A
Bar 45: F, F, D, D
Bar 46: C, C, C

The guitars basically play the same with powerchords.

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