Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes
A sparse arrangement that’s more melodically focused than one might expect from all the geetars. Rather than sounding like yet another a chord progression topped with a vocal, it sounds like melodies and countermelodies, and that is great.

Your workflow of starting within BIAB and finishing without it is interesting, and has produced good results here. Part of what I really like about this is that sparse, very clean layout, as well as knowing that each guitar is actually you and not a prisoner escaped from “The Box”. If temptation to overproduce was resisted, it was resisted wisely.

I have been playing my (real, physical) Les Paul Studio some lately, and your work makes me want to focus more.

OK, having said all that, I feel vaguely idiotic offering all this nicey-nicey stuff about a song with as grim a theme as this, but on such matters ATM I am mute, I know others will have more to say.


Thanks Mark,
I've only produced one song that was 100% instrumentally BIAB.
I started simply using BIAB for the drums and now incorporate additional elements but, while I'm able, I prefer to play along.
LPS - a very cool guitar that needs to be heard! The most prestigious instrument I own is a Fender 12 string acoustic - but not MIA - a gift from my wife a couple of decades ago - rough on the fingers too!
Thematically speaking..it was a laugh as I had the ending before the beginning.

Cheers
rayc
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