This one was the result of a couple sessions on Saturday, both with the PureSalem Mendiola in standard tuning. I'd wanted to undermine some of my key-center reflexes, and was only partially successful: the pull of C and G is still strong. The first session brought out the themes you hear in the first 30 seconds, plus a few other themes that didn't get used. At that point I wasn't sure where this would go, but it didn't seem promising.

The next session, though, brought out the subsequent themes and the longer solo sections with more inspiring chordal motion. (I'd also tracked a much longer solo that...just didn't work, so we have the earlier, slightly more raw take.) After uploading, I realized that the last two restatements of the theme incorporated a take with different timing that now sounded out of place against the takes I was using, so I slid a few notes earlier or later to match the feel better. (In the solo, the timing is mostly ok, though there are some notable inconsistencies in the dynamic range. Well, we're close to the moment of creation here.)

This is the usual approach of three tracks of PureSalem Mendiola, no pedals, touch of convolution reverb send, and compression/eq/limiting on the stereo mix.

The title comes from The Cupola in Tasmania, which has a prominence of 650m.

Tags: 72bpm, ableton, guitar, week 24 2026, View by:onezero