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February 1, 2006

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Written by Girth McDürchstein on February 1, 2006 9:24 AM
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In his last blog entry, our keyboard player, Jam Malone, wrote, “For example, a song near the end entitled ‘Willie’s Swan Song,’ a nice ballad about the internal struggles and motivations of ‘Kelly Robbins”s disgraced fiancé, has one of the most bizarre bridge sections I’ve encountered in western music. Bear in mind, I have a Masters in music composition and arranging, so I’m pretty sure I have some idea of that which I write. There’s an irrational tritonic key change (from E major to Bb major), which at the end of the bridge resolves to B-minor. The most polite word to describe these changes, and the structure of this section of the song, is ‘ugly.’”

You know what, Jam? I said it to you in the studio, and here I’m going to write it out for all the fans to read: FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!! I think this is one of the best songs on the album, and I think it’s perfect the way it is.

But you know what? We’re here for you guys, the fans. That’s why we’re on MySpace; that’s why we made our website—so we’d have a way to interact directly with you.

So I’m leaving it to you guys: Click here to download a very rough demo version of “Willie’s Swan Song” and give it a listen. I’d recommend listening to the whole thing, to get the groove on, but the “ugly” bridge that Jam mentioned starts at 2:22.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!! How do the key changes sound to you? How does the song as a whole sound to you? Should we keep it as-is, or should I heed one of Jam’s suggestions on how to make it “good”?

Write a comment, send an email—whatever, we just want to hear from you. Recording has stalled as we argue about it.

Thanks,
Girth