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I have transcribed the guitar intro of the song which is in E minor, but the
intro changes harmony between A minor and F# minor, before it settles on E
minor (bar nine). I have always loved writing music in this style, it`s like
a neoclassical blues groove. I often tend to write melodic intro themes to
my vocal tracks just like the theme I trancribed here. I wrote this song when I was really down.
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This song is a mix between more progressive metal and old classic hard rock,
and there are some odd meters in both the choruses as well as the solo part,
which is in 7/8. I played my 1961 Fender Stratocaster on this one, except
for the rhytm track wich was performed on a Valley Arts.
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This is one of my favourite tracks on the album, very melodic and I am
really happy with the guitars. For the verses I there are 3 different parts : Electric Coral Sitar, 12 string Electric and 6 string Electric. It was bit of a challenge to solo with an almost clean sound for most of the track. I used my 1961 Strat again here, except for when the wah wah kicks in - that`s one of my Valley Arts guitars.
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The first song I wrote for the album. I was playing around with my Coral
sital when the main riff came up, and this song kind of wrote itself, once I
had the intro. I think there are some cool spots in the solos on this song.
The first solo was done on my Valley Arts and the outro was done on the 1961
Strat again.
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The album`s most traditional rocker. Very much in the style of Rainbow/Deep
Purple. The last part of the solo which is harmonized, does not contain two
guitars as most people think, the second harmony was actually performed on
Hammond!
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A funky song about life, though the lyrics may suggest a sea voyage. Here I played the 1961 Strat again, except for the chourus which was done on my
Valley Arts Custom. I really like the chorus harmony, especially those "out
of key" chords at the end. The main solo changes key from E minor to C#
minor and back.
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A heavy ballad with lots of guitars. There are some slide parts in the background which I played on a Japanese strat which I bought very cheap, but the neck warped after a few months and I got a US made neck for free, then I changed all the electronics, so now it`s a cool guitar with a great sound. In the end there are two different arpeggio parts going on at the same time, one from low to
high, and the other from high to low. This song was a nightmare to mix!
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I wrote this song 5 years before the album was recorded, but I never found the right lyrics. It`s a song about how we destroy our planet without caring. This was the first solo I recorded for the album, recorded with the Japanese strat and a cry baby wah wah just jamming, not one note was planned! I was going to redo it later, but that never happened and I think it fits the song, so...
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Perhaps the softest song I ever wrote. I used a cheap Samick nylon string guitar, which I actually got for free. The outro solo was pasted together from several versions I recorded. These is also some Coral sitar on this one in the background as well as some reverse guitar notes.
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A bit different from the other songs. This song contains lots of guitar parts in the background. In the choruses there are about 5 guitars going, including the sitar. I tried a different approach on this solo, which is slow and crying and one of my favourites. I think I used the Japanese strat on the rhythm track.
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This one starts with an (almost) unaccompanied guitar solo, with first some
blues licks, and then some classical sweeps. The last parts are based on the
whole tone scale. Then the actual song begins, with an Eastern feeling in the verses. The solo in the middle was done on a Valley Arts standard guitar and the VG-8 guitar system, and here I went for a fusion attitude.
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This was written to be a final track, and it`s also the album`s most complicated song. The vocal parts of the song are very melodic and I think they build up nice, going from soft to the more aggressive ending of the choruses. The guitar solo is pretty much like a song of its own, but I saved the best parts for the ending. This song ends with some crazy odd meter riffing which I had lots of fun recording. Perhaps the best part of the album.
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