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Song 11 was a tricky one to "birth" - partly because external commitments kept on butting in, but also because getting the song to sound like I heard it in my head, proved quite a challenge (and it's still not quite "there", but not far off).

For various reasons, I ended up using a number of apps on the iPhone and iPad to write and record this song. The rhythm pattern and the main "organ"-like part which run throughout, were played in using Chordion, as was the "swoopy" second chordal part (overdubbed using Chordion's "strum strip"). The later second organ part comes from Galileo (triggered by SoundPrism Pro), whilst I played the bass part in Animoog ("BiggerBass" patch), having set the "keyboard" to a chromatic scale and using it like a ribbon controller. Two vocals and two electric guitar parts (arpeggios and EBow) complete this demo, recorded in Multitrack DAW.

I think of this one as another work in progress, but I like how it has gone so far :-)

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That never-ending summer
Was nothing of the sort
I'd barely downed that lemonade
And we're back in class once more
Those weeks of sun and rockpools
Feel like a long-lost dream
That melted down one autumn day
Like a seaside trip's ice cream

[chorus]
Leave it all behind (x3)
Tomorrow waits for you

So many circuits round the sun
And somehow I remain
To ride the rodeo of life
Aboard the ages' train
Wiser heads than mine have talked
Of starting guns once missed
A day to lie and catch the rays
I won't cross off my list

Leave it all behind...

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from Conditions Apply: Demos From FAWM 2014, released March 4, 2014
Composed and performed by TA Walker

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TA Walker UK

Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.

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