"CLOUD TEN" |
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This is truly an epic bass solo. The song has a complete structure all of its own. Starting off in Dm, it transitions to Gm and rides off into oblivion. What's nice is, after you've reached oblivion, aka "Distant Clouds", the song eventually goes full circle and reintroduces the familiar verses heard early in the song. But no sooner than you become familiar does it thrust you into an African/Indian dance outro. |
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This was pretty much a completed idea before it was recorded. I approached it with one intent--to write a piece of music using two-hand-tap that had a legato bass line. Once I had success with that, the rest of the piece just fell into my lap! When I shared my ideas with Michael Raven, we first approached the song with a full drum kit. However, once Amity was recorded, we both knew we were on to something. Shortly thereafter, all focus went to making Cloud Ten as unique sounding as Amity. Being that Cloud Ten is more than ten minutes long (how fitting), we added a lot of percussion to help separate the different sections. The most noteworthy contribution for me, besides writing the song, was having bought an Indian drum that ended up being used for the track. The drum happened to sound fantastic with a rindingan that Michael already had. The two together were a perfect 5th which was the interval used most commonly in the bass line. You can hear this drum combination throughout the entire second half of the song. It is safe to say that this song has paved the way for a lot of what I intend to do in the future. |
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