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v2

The creative process is rarely a linear endeavour. No matter how great you feel about your latest work, chances are you’ll do a 360 a few days later. Projects are in constant flux, “saviour” ideas are suddenly dismissed with absolute clarity, reborn and transformed. As I said about the cover art: it ain’t over til it’s over.

So it has been with the song Heliotrope. I tried all sorts of angles, re-mixed it several times and just pretty much banged my head on the wall with every note in it. In the end though, it headed for the dustbin. Well, not exactly: a portion of it is in my current line-up as a sort of transitional song/thingy entitled années lumière (!).

In its place is this new title song. Not the final mix but you get the idea.
And yes: it really does end that abruptly.

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One Response to “v2”

  1. Aaron Duty says:
    May 6, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    I like both versions actually, leaning more towards the older one. This has more energy though, which makes it better for those days you just need to move to the beat. You know, like you know that it’s over. It actually reminded me of Judas Priest’s Turbo Lover with the synth. Needless to say, I was taken aback for a moment.

    It does capture the theme that you’re wanting more readily though. Just know that I’ll be saving the old version for posterity. You might want to reconsider the abruptness of the ending though, unless it’s going to meld into another song.