Hi, Andrew.

Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi David! I read your narrative before listening and glad I did. Cool to hear the journey you’ve been on with this one. Glad I’m not the only one that ‘just want to get this thing done’.
I suspect that many of us go on similar paths when writing songs. When things are easy, it's fun and sort of magical. When it's not, well... it's a bit of a grind. laugh

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The chord progression and melody is instantly pleasing to listen to, but intricate enough that I’m gonna have to listen to that again to fully absorb it.

The chorus is pretty straight forward, but the verse is:

A- | G/D / C/D D-7 | A- / / G/A | A- Cmaj7
A- | G/D / / D-| A- / / E– | A- / A-/F A-/G
A| G/D / A/C# A-/C| Bbmaj7 / Asus D- | E- E7/G#
A- / / C/G | G/D / A Fmaj7 | G-7/F / Eb Ebmaj7 | Asus Fmaj7

This bit was an attempt to walk the bass down to lead into the A major chord:

... A- / A-/F A-/G| A ...

Once there, I shift out of A major and use the bass to emphasize the change:

... A | G/D / A/C# A-/C ...

The bass descent continues, with the shift from the Emin to E clarified by the bass movement:

... Bbmaj7 / Asus D- | E- E7/G# | A- / / C/G ...

I repeat the A Fmaj7 move twice here. The Asus is a (mostly ineffective) way to give it a bit more motion. I'd originally been playing with diminished chords, but they didn't work as well as I'd liked:

... A Fmaj7 | G-7/F / Eb Ebmaj7 | Asus Fmaj7 ...

Hopefully that explains the logic of the progression.

Thanks for listening and commenting! smile

Last edited by dcuny; 09/04/25 10:14 AM.
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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?