This one started with the fingerpicking figure you hear in the left channel at the beginning, which I tracked against Live's metronome. On getting that down...I realized that it was in 11/4. I don't think I've ever done anything in 11/4 before, but here we are: it's a weird meter for me. Some parts lend themselves to it naturally, though others kept falling into 12/4, and I needed to reject them or (in a few parts in the middle) edit them a bit to fit with 11. It's an interesting exercise. My arrangement required some attention, particularly in the ordering and joins between parts, but I tried to keep things as naturally recorded as possible. Some notes or chords needed a nudge this way or that, though.

With the constraint of the meter, it made the most sense to keep other things simple, so we have three tracks of PureSalem Mendiola in standard tuning. (Hey--it looks like the price has dropped on this. Get in if you can--it's a solid beast of a guitar in the grand Fender tradition.) No inline effects, but convolution reverb for space and the usual compression/eq on the stereo out.

The title comes from the wonderfully named village of Sneem, the knot in the Ring of Kerry. (One of the main roads into it is the R568.) I'd learned about it last week, looking in that area for a title somewhat related to 567. While I was attracted by the name, it looks like a great place to visit--there's an unusual looking set of falls, and a dramatic art installation of pyramids. (Sadly, I wasn't able to use "Pyramids of Sneem" as a title: Jimmy MacCarthy already nailed down "The Pyramids at Sneem," with...a more melancholy vibe.) Sneem. Check this place out!

Tags: 114, 150bpm, ableton, guitar, week 46 2024, View by:onezero