Fear of People's Progress Part Suchnsuch Subsection Thisorthat

The other session moment I want to describe happened during the recording of my composition, "Livin' on the Fringe." I had made two demos of this short song for Moses and Kit to get the basic idea, a sort of garage rock attempt, and a faster new-wave-metal version. It was decided that the new wave version was a better concept by far, and I guess my demo guitar parts and some of the midi drums will end up in the final version. The song has 2 short sections at the beginning and end each made up of chorus and verses. But most of the song is its bridge in the middle which flies, and I mean flies, thanks to how Moses and Kit played it, off into a structurally sensible but unexpected direction before, with exhilarating and elegant simplicity, landing right back into its opening theme. Like a person walking down the street, nonchalantly morphing into a hang-glider and taking a soar, making a smooth landing that returns said person to nonchalantly walking down the street as if nothing happened, to ultimately stop by the bar where all the morphing hanggliders hang out for a pint, and the door shuts solidly behind after entering.

Yeah.

So, witnessing Moses and Kit working both together and separately, brilliantly, till their parts met with their own satisfaction and the group's -- that was inspiring to see. And again Mike's studio's impressive collection of gear played a major part in creating the scene I witnessed and, more importantly to the world, the compelling audio document of the event.

The song, no matter what genre you want to term it, is a 3 chord (or is it 6?) rocker so Kit played through a vintage Fender amp with a spring verb. So the sonic effect speaks of surf but the particular notes Kit chose during his pizzicatto bursts in the verses just take you t0 some twisted dimension that my questionable reportage can't do justice. (ok, so maybe it was a titter and not a giggle.) Hearing himself caused Kit to quietly comment a few times that Mike had made him sound like the Ventures. This comment was made with increasing volume and intensity each time, till, after we all listened to a rough all the way through, Kit exclaimed, forcefully pointing at the amp with each word, "Mike, you made me sound like the fuckin' Ventures!"

So once Fear of People gets released, hopefully December of this year or not long thereafter, you all can determine whether these songs live up to my effusiveness. Till then I really should concentrate on the three re-issues. Did I mention Less Like Penguins is now available? Well, it is, and I'm trying out a promo service to try and get it on npr radio, along with some print and internet coverage beyond what i've been able to accomplish this past decade.