"The main theme of this song is looking forward and moving into a new chapter of life with a hopeful eye. A goal of ‘Arm around shoulders’ is to be slightly haunting with the lyrics, yet provide the listener with an explosive beginning, but a calming end. The process was done through first editing “Charles Bradley - Save the world” to have the trumpets come in later and be the catchy-est part of the song. Alongside “Save the world” we added a guitar part that adds flavor to the intro. The song then shifts over to the “Milton Nascimento - Minas” where the lyrics both haunt and intrigue the audience. The song then begins the calm guitar portion. We originally wanted a synth bass to go in the background of the guitar, but went on to find a beautiful 3 high notes on the deepmind synth to add that flowed beautifully with the guitar. The song then replays the lyrics of “Minas” .. and then ends with us whistling to the tune of the track. Making our voices the last part of the last song of this class. A beautiful ending." - Matthew


WRITERS:
@matthew-mierzwa
@brandon-sanchez-45305542

PRODUCERS:
@michael-capetillo-527550974
@matthew-mierzwa
@brandon-sanchez-45305542

Samples:
Charles Bradley - Save The World
Milton Nascimento - Minas

Cover: Trevor Paglen, “It Began as a Military Experiment”

STS349Sauce_Assignment9: Arm Wrapped Around Shoulders(Michael C., Matthew M., Brandon S.)

Brandon Sanchez

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