Everything is in three. This is a state of mind. Zen like. Three notes repeating upwards. No chords. The highest note implies tonic at the beginning. However, the verse is rhythmically phrased four beats over three beats, so depending on when we land creates the tonic of the part. The Read more…
Dealing with the end of relationships. I think the band was beginning to break up. Or a girlfriend. Hard to differentiate. To this day. Max Camfield on guitars.
The Cars were just signed in Boston in the early 80’s. This song has a Cars feel but is in minor and diminished thirds. You know, the suspenseful chords. The keys shift dramatically. There are three different keys in this song. The base part is shifted two beats for the Read more…
So the lyric came from a B rated movie. I don’t remember the name of the film. But at the end the guy says “I understand the basic weaknesses that make you do the things you do”. The verse practically wrote itself. Another dark lyric. I remember in New York Read more…
This song came together around 1981. A reggae groove, very simple. Originally it was drums base and one guitar. Max Camfield played the guitar tracks and arranged the harmonics. I did the vocal hook in octaves. I imagine the howling of a wolf. A jazzy wolf. Bob Schott took this Read more…