Did some recording this afternoon. Found an interesting patch on the keyboard that created a random block arpeggio and so used this as the basis of the track. Not sure if anyone has been paying attention, but I am recording a kind-of sequal to “Textures” in so much as the songs interlink and of a relatively short length. The idea when doing something like this is to get mood over content, I feel. So I am looking for moods rather than creating some wild musical statement. Last week’s “Frog & Toad” is intended as a possible finale for the album. This next section comes after a tray called “Lay Back (and Think of England)” and hovers around the 15 minute mark. As usual, this just a rough mix and it is surely to change. The idea is that two synth guitars are having a duet with each other. Despite owning a guitar synth in some shape or form since late 1994, I’ve never actually recorded a guitar synth lead line, usually reserving the device as an atmosphere device. The tracking is usually far too random for that. But with my Epiphone being particularly stable and my internal pickup that I installed being the best installation I’ve ever seen, it worked out OK. And so I present the track for your humble ears:


Random Blocks [Rough Mix]

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