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House With Two Books part 1
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First section of a lengthy prog piece. Rickenbacker bass, layered guitars, vocal harmonies, lush keyboards.
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Prog rock with a classic, melodic sound reminiscent of Yes, Genesis, Kansas, Rush. A duo consisting of Jim Kube on drums and percussion and Rob Wessel on guitar
The band was formed to record original progressive rock songs. It's a style that I don't think really achieved its potential in the 70's, before many of the bands who played it either disbanded or started recording pop hits. It has enjoyed a resurgence in the last 20 years, and the variety of brilliant music that has been recorded and performed in those years only proves that we may never exhaust all the musical possibilities the genre offers. Admittedly, my songs don't stray too far into uncharted waters, with nods to a lot of my favorite old bands, and a melodic, sometimes pastoral sound, rather than the dissonant or atonal sounds preferred by some prog bands. Nothing wrong with atonal, but melodic is usually more my writing style. I'm excited to be reworking a handful of songs I wrote many years ago, adding live drums and rerecording the other parts. Live drums do so much for a song. I also look forward to collaborating with many of the talented musicians and vocalists I know on upcoming songs. Scheduling sessions with other people can be difficult because they all have other priorities demanding their time, but I hope to get a number of talented folks up to my studio for sessions as I record these songs.
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Peak #234
Peak in subgenre #28
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July 05, 2013
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MP3 3.9 MB 128 kbps 4:18
Story behind the song
This is a piece that Rob wrote the words to back in about 1998. Some time after that, the music got composed. There is an old pre-production recording of it from somewhere around 2005 with programmed drums and direct recorded guitars on our soundcloud page. Compared to that old recording, this new version with live drumming by Jim Kube and a variety of miked guitars really shows how far we've come. We're miking live drums, cranking up amps and miking the cabinets, getting great tone, and then really stretching out when we mix the song. And loving the process all the way through. Considering the song was written so many years ago, it is really great to finally present a version that reflects our vision of how the song would sound.
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