No Sleep = Work Gets Done

I ran into some of you today, and some of you last nite, but for me it's been the same day. I didn't end up sleeping last night after Nightlife, as I had a presentation due the next day and everything I had ready to go didn't seem good enough. So I put one of my ideas into the computer, recording various sounds from my keyboard and had it to a point where I was like, this is okay, but then I realised that it just wasn't right. I wanted it to be better.

So I got on my bicycle at 1am in the morning and rode to QUT. Therein I went to the studio where a security guard was nice enough to let me in even without a booking, and I had 5 hours to record real piano, drums and timpani (tympani?) for my piece.

I didnt' get time to do vocals, but vocals never sound great after you've been awake for more than a day.

Without further ado, I present the half finished, half as long as I'd like to be version of 'To Earthward'. The drums are semi-okay, I think I need to go back and mic the snare closer and get rid of some of the room mic, and the structure of the piece lends itself to a much longer piece. The lyrics haven't been recorded yet, but when the song's done I'll be in touch with you guys.

Luke's Purevolume Site

P.S. for those who were wondering, the time signature's a rolling 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 6/8 pattern. If you add those numbers up it's pretty simple, with each verse being the equivalent of four bars of 6/8.

-Fin-