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We've taken something like ten to fifteen takes, and none of them are working all that well. One of the little details about this composition is that the pace changes about four times (104 bpm to 120 to 114 and back to 120). Throw in the timeliness issues that we had experienced before, and the idea of trying to play to a varing click was probably too much to try to swing. So, we work with the click for the first 15 measures and then wing it from there on out.
The downside of this approach is that we have to get the complete take right. We can't cut and paste from another section, since there is virtually no chance of the other take being at the exact same tempo and phrasing. So, this adds a fair amount of pressure to each performance.
We went through the song about ten or fourteen times, each time getting a little more stressed. This is a hard enough song all on it's own -- it's easily the most complex tune we have on the list. To say it's been a challenge doesn't quite cover the bases.
Posted by Casper at August 4, 2005 06:01 PM