So this one is a little strange, and I don’t quite know what to think of it myself. Here is how it came to be.

Watchers at the Gates of Dawn
by David Snyder

https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs4/the-watchers-at-the-gates-of

I sat down at the piano and in one take (one of my one take experiments) wrote a chord progression and piano part for a twenty minute piece of “trance music” to help me go into a trance like state when I am writing. (I use that every day now BTW.) Then I snipped off the first five minutes (have no idea why) and decided to add a lead part on the bass. Never done that before, using a “lead bass” as opposed to a lead guitar.

Then I went back and added a lead guitar loaded with effects and feedback for the second half. I had both the Les Paul and my jazz bass wired to send midi, and used that to trigger string parts, so I could have some string parts that were the same notes as the bass and guitar.

The end result is this.

I call it Watchers at the Gates of Dawn.

Again, I have NO IDEA what to make of this, but I kinda like it, and am kinda thinking about doing a whole album like this. There is something I like about it but I can’t say what. The chord progression (which BIAB analyzed for me) seems kind of cool, but definitely trippy.

Music copyright David Snyder 2025
ASCAP/DAY OF FAITH RECORDS
David Snyder: Guitar, Bass, Piano, Strings



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