This song was written in and recorded by me and Max Camfield in 1979. Kind of a slow reggae feel in three, jazz and punk mashed together. The melody is dissonant. I think I slide down to an augmented 6th in the melody from flat seven. To my ears, just a chromatic Read more…
I wrote this while reading Games People Play by Eric Berne, M.D. I’m riffing on Keith Moon on the drum part in the chorus. A bit disruptive just like Keith. I’m a big Keith Moon fan. The next version is better. Later we did a nice version in the Band Darling Read more…
Everything is in three. This is a state of mind. Zen like. Three notes repeating upwards. No chords. The highest note implies tonic at the beginning. However, the verse is rhythmically phrased four beats over three beats, so depending on when we land creates the tonic of the part. The Read more…
I was experimenting with harmony and cycles of keys. Expansion on 5-7-9 descending from Cm with key changes basically. The Casio boys arranged this. They do a nice job. I wrote several songs around the same theme for a musical Icarus Descending. This song is the climax where Icarus flys to high, Read more…
Little Sister was written after seeing a Bruce Springsteen marathon concert. But this is funky. Ronny Trueherz on guitars. He turned it into a minor key somehow. Berklee boys. Or Berzerklee as we called it. This song take comes with a bonus track written in 1980 called Since you Left Read more…