This is my track submission for the Bleeding Fingers Competition.

I used the vocal (and choir), brass, percussion and synth elements of the original track to create a story. The overall effect of the track is to represent a dream - it is a little blurry in the beginning becomes clear and near lifelike and then fades out into blurriness at the end (as can happen with dreams). I achieve this by creating an ambiance with my own violin set-up - I created a reverb synonymous with a large stadium. I recorded the wet sound only and this creates a very blurry soundscape. I fade this out and replace it with regular violin as the dream progresses towards the big section.

The dream is of a woman (possibly tribal because of the inflections) travelling towards the dreamer from far away. As she approaches she becomes clearer (removing filtering) and the accompanying instruments build. In the big section of the song she describes her story and when she finishes, she fades into nothing.

I added in my own syncopated synth (using the same chords as the original string track) to give the listener something familiar to cling on to. It also replaces the rhythm of the original string section with something a little less certain. The inspiration for this was strange - as I was listening to the ambiance and the vocal line after having recorded it, I "heard" this syncopated sound in the song. Like it was there but it wasn't. Call me crazy. Rhythmically I thought the syncopation along with the regular beats sounded cool.

I rewrote the string section (being a string player myself) in the big section with something a little more arpeggiated and wrote a harmony line for the main melody which I think works really well.

Let me what you think or if you want me to explain any more :D

George Pippos