The instrumentation for “Campfire Song” came about over a period of writing the album. This is the first songs I wrote for the album and when I started I only had a melody and chord progression. At this point I laid down the acoustic tracks, a melody track, some bass, and drums. Then I started working on the other songs. As I started to fill in the guitar parts for the other songs I would come back to “Campfire Song” and fill in a guitar part. Eventually I ended up with 4 electric guitar tracks, 2 acoustic guitar tracks, a dobro, tremolo guitar, a couple slide guitars, bass, drums, and vocals with harmonies. It was a lot of fun taking the instrumentation from other songs and bringing them in on “Campfire Song”.
Month: September 2016
“Divided We Fall” has a real mix of feels on it. The content of the songs have a very general feel to them. They focus on universal themes; communication, cheating, laziness, etc… However, for as general as these universal themes are, they also have very specific applications to the front runners of the 2016 presidential race. Without naming names, the listener should be able to identify certain presidential candidates from the 2016 race with each of these songs, just from the general universal theme.
As for the production; there is a real mix of traditional and current country music. Every song has a substantial amount of acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo, and tremolo guitar, which gives the album a classic feel. However, each song also has some real heavy overdriven guitars and slamming drum… So the feel dances somewhere between a traditional country band and a modern rock band.
Overall, the feel of the album has a little something for everyone. It has general universal themes that will last throughout the years, but are applicable to the 2016 presidential race, It has a traditional country feel with some current rock punch, and it has big chorus melodies that are easy to pick up and sing in a bar or at a campfire. The listener may find that the overall feel of the album is… just right;)