Many PGers have been asking me via PM for an analysis I completed over the weekend of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'". The analysis is something I do when asked to play keys, guitars or bass in the worship band that I am in, OR if I want to duplicate the sonic feel and arrangement of a song with one of my own songs.

Rather than continue to respond to the PMs, I will give the link here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kcnhuc39lyJkLRVz_y8K2vj3fBk_4Z_MTlhTqGKMm9g/edit?usp=sharing

No real magic or revelations other than I think taking the time to do this makes me a better band member as well as a better arranger and producer of my own songs. What is always interesting is that I often find that songs which I thought were complex from a "part" standpoint usually are not as complex as I suspected.

It does take time and patience and an ear to critically listen for details.

I have found that headphone use with balance control helps to listen for differences in left and right signals (no kidding, right?).

BIAB users that are not satisfied with the end result of their efforts from use of BIAB compared to their favorite songs might find this technique helpful to avoid over-arranging their songs, or leaving production static for individual tracks throughout a song.

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