For his first track release in eight years, Brian hits an 80s groove with Song To Self. Music made in Logic Pro X, words “heavily influenced” by Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself (do you see where the song title came from, too?), this made-to-dance-to number is perhaps unique in speeding up towards the end. Should bring any dance floor to a frenzy that has to be kept up until the track finally “crashes” towards a funky spacey finish. Video http://youtu.be/HDoE6c0xB2E made by Brian, in Erith, Kent, using Final Cut Pro. Everything by Brian, except virtual drummer ‘Nikki’, song loops and the non-Brian/guitar sections of the video.

Song To Self

Loss of Memory is the follow-up to Song to Self.

You can see the video on YouTube, here: http://youtu.be/qZyFjUrlIjg

For the musos amongst you: Loss of Memory was written and recorded using Logic Pro X. Logic’s inbuilt sampler EXS-24 supplied the drums and keyboards, with the ES2 synthesiser providing the bass. I play my ’85 Fender Stratocaster, including playing the highest note on the fretboard! Vocals were recorded via a Røde NT-1A microphone and audio interfacing was via a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4.

Loss of Memory

Brian says, "After the (what I would call) euro-disco funk of Song To Self and electronica of Loss Of Memory, for this track I decided to change tack and write a guitar-based song.

"For once, I decided to research how the experts say a song should be structured i.e. the order and number of verses, choruses and 'middle eight' etc. I hope this has resulted in a track that is catchy."

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