I decided to take emusic up on their offer of 75 free downloads today, partly so that I could pan for gold in their catalogue, in search of songs that might be good for the show.
Today I located songs by Saga, Yes, Pink Floyd, ELO, Supertramp (sort of, it's some weird soundalike band...close enough for my research) and Asia. I've always thought that the opening chords in Subdivisions sound like 'Only Time Will Tell' by Asia, so I might try to squeeze those two together to get a laugh, more than anything (if only from myself).
My process for choosing songs for this project is still developing. I think I might demo the songs on Pro Tools, trying to perfect the arrangement, then learn to play the song again based on the polished track. I think if I had done that for Subdivisions, it would have been ready way faster than the 18 months it took to arrange and prepare the song for the stage.
Today I am going to take a swipe at 'On the Loose' by Saga, just because I am having a good time with it, and I want this process to be fun. First couple of songs I try to learn will be guinea pigs for my new process, anyways.
It's in F, but I am going to do it in E, since that feels better vocally, and affords more open string possibilities. I'm not ruling out some alternate tuning yet, but at this point E is working. This is one of those Saga tunes with the lickety-split staccato guitar lines. Fun!!
Second thoughts
I have checked out Drop D for this song, and think that it better suits the direction I am going to take this one (it'll be a country fingerpicker, with kind of a double-time hoedown at the end). Plus it's easier to sing.
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