This song starts in the key of B flat major.  The first rhythm progression is Bb - Cm - Dm - D to Eb.  The last chord, an accidental, quickly slides up to Eb and I think coming right off the Dm helps the Dmaj chord to fit better too.  (The beginning arpeggio is Bb - Cm - Dm - D with no slide up to Eb and it still sounds pretty cool.) The next progression is F7 - Bb - Cm - Gm.  The second time played it ends on Bb (then sliding up to B) instead of Gm.  This slides us into the first key change Bb to B major starting at 0:56.

The progression in B major is B - C#m - D#m - E and you'll notice some synth that kicks in (my keyboard playing the B major scale with several different effects.)  The third play-through of the guitar progression ends on E7 quickly sliding down to Eb7 to help nudge us "back" into the key of G Minor starting at 1:20.  It really does sound flat here, the dissonance is kind of cool though, I think.  So in the new key, I start the lead on G and this helps cement the G Aeolian mode instead of a return to the previous Bb Major (which the ear is more expecting as it’s a “return to home.”)  This new progression is Gm - Eb - Dm - Cm.  It ends the third time through on a Cmaj chord instead of Cm which pulls us into the key of C major at 1:44 and I play the progression C - Dm - Am - C against some more zany sounding synths from my keyboard.

Finally, at 2:08 the final key change is into F major using a C7 chord instead of the final C major in the third play through of C - Dm - Am - C.  This section is interesting though because I use very, very similar progressions to what I used at the beginning of the song:  F - Bb - C(C7) - Gm(Gmaug5) and Bb - Cm - Dm - D to Eb.  This time however, it is firmly in the key of F, not Bb.  I start the lead on F and I stay soloing in the F pentatonic scale the whole time so even though I use almost the same chords it is now F major (of course being a fifth apart they have many of the same chords being used, except the C and the Eb.)  This is an interesting thing though, the lead guitar really does determine the key.

Reminisce

I started my Real Musical Odyssey in the late 1980s at a friend's house where I met a woman who would drive me CrAzY for most of the next 40 years! It's been on and off, and on and off, and on and on for that whole time! During that time I've played with somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 other players including my older Bass Player Brother, and worked with him at a Music Theater. Talk about a Wild Ride! Met an incredible mixture of people and wouldn't trade it for the World! Thanks Rita May and all the rest...

singer songwriter dabbling in garageband/creating learning having fun (also some raw acoustic recordings)


Our Father who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done 
On earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread, 
And forgive us our trespasses, 
As we forgive those who trespass against us, 
And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, 
Forever and ever.

Making music in my bedroom with guitars, MPCs, plugins, and cheap synths. Big fan of quartal harmony and Stratocasters.

“Music is a journey into the sub-conscious.”

Influences include:  Radiohead, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Beck, RHCP, The Beatles, Coldplay, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Shinedown, Genesis, Weezer, The Cranberries, Frank Zappa, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Cornell, Incubus, Muse, 10,000 Maniacs and more.

Indie Rock music with sixties influences from London.

Mad about music, heavy metal instrumental guitar from the United Kingdom.

American punk rock band.  Noisemakers from the great state of Idabama.  

SideTrack- vocals, guitars, drums.
Unomandojo- vocals, guitars, drums

We reserve all of the rights to our songs.

Cyberpunk mind, dystopian sound. I compose with code, training AI I've built myself. No third-party tools or services — just raw creation. For me, coding is music.

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