After listening to the latest version of Combustion 2, Jordan and I determined that the A' section needed to be longer. However, that wasn't going to be easy, because when we began this song, we allotted a certain amount of lyrics to the A' section. We had run out of lyrics.
This left us with a few options:
1. Repeat lyrics
2. Have Luke add more lyrics
3. Take some of the lyrics designated for the C section, and use them in the A' section instead
As a reminder, this is the structure of the song:
A B A' C A''
I was particularly against the first option because I didn't see any reason to repeat an entire sentence or more, and I felt like it would lower the quality of the song.
The second option was my favorite, but we knew it was putting extra work on Luke. It can be difficult to have a completed product (the lyrics), then have to cram something in the middle of it.
The third option would have put lyrics in an area where they contrasted with the musical idea. In other words, the feel of the music and the words being sung would not have resonated well.
We talked to Luke about the second option, and he was cool with giving it a shot.
So Jordan and I moved ahead in the A' section by writing a melody without any lyrics to go along with them. In the mean time, Luke is going to try to come up with something that fits in that section.
But we also came across another problem when we were composing. I wanted another layer of interest in the A' section, because it didn't feel musically developed enough. So I layered a bunch of effects on the piano. Right now it's sort of a glitchy mess, with pops and crackles... But the idea is there! Our next step is to fix those up, and to refine the raw idea for the melody that we have. We also need to determine whether or not we have the right feel.
Let us know what you think!
http://picosong.com/4Eeg/
-Hayden Davenport
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