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Anything to Pass the Time

By Tone Matrix on June 23, 2024 3:32 pm

Waited until Saturday night to smear a noodle out.  One of those weeks where you spend more time listening to music and watching music tutorial vids.  I came across a vid going over Elliott Smith's chord progression style.  "How Elliott Smith Writes Chord Progressions"
https://youtu.be/HmcSWQ3CZYg?si=GTVTdem4bmcX_ejm

He used the dominant major 2nd or secondary dominant in many of his songs.  Not that I'm that well versed in music theory but it did provide a quick idea to get me started.  The good ol' I II IV progression tongue
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Beautiful track, great tones. This was a great track to start the week with.

Very calm and pleasant, felt refreshed after listening to it.

I love me some David Bennett Piano. This really does have a deeply Elliot Smith vibe to it.  The chord progression to be sure, but more so the way you played the piece.  Rhythmic and percussive, but with an almost antisipitorial for each new chord.  Lovely work.

Great sound and some really appealing melodies.  I can almost hear some nearly whispered vocals singing the title along to some of the sections.

A stunning composition and perfect performance. Lovely and sentimental. Thanks.

sir, you have my attention, sir!

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It's a less commonly used chord progression, so definitely nice to hear it here. But after two minutes I was ready to let it go, fortunately you were, too big_smile That change in chords first and then the more sparse arrangement at the end = very good.

Quite a nice noodle. Sweet, direct, and uplifting. heart

A great way to pass the time, always enjoy your piano noodles and how you can convey so much without having to use too much or make things messy.

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Love this strip down version as well, but this week track is pretty awesome too!

jwh wrote:

sir, you have my attention, sir!

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Stellar collaboration, congrats!

Hadn't really realized that this is absolutely the Elliott Smith chord, but hearing this track it definitely clicks. What a beautiful track smile Love whatever subtle reverb is going on, it's especially impactful near the end.

Nice, I get a comptemplative, slightly somber but no too much feel. Gives pause, I like. I'm not sure I would have thought Elliott Smith, without your note, but I can hear it now a little, that's cool where you got that inspiration. I have been thinking about how I want to learn more theory, inspired by you and others on WB always. Was fun to hear this after the collab it later inspired the week after!

That's the kind of vibe I love from your tracks. They always put me in a state of peace, no matter how tough things are in real life.

Thank you for this

Love the piano, delicate and uplifting

I reckon it's up my wheelhouse to slap some drums and guitars on this and it would be nothing short of amazing, tho I'm pretty sure this isn't even close to a fixed tempo and don't have the setup to deal with that (i.e. midi keyboard hooked up)

- Ebrit

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