Goodbye to Analog
Well – I think Tony has scheduled his studio time at Archer. Got one demo back so far. Slow going this.
I think the title of the record should be
Goodbye to Analog
Snow White Snow Volume 1
I like pretending that we’ll ever actually do the second half of the story. Goodbye to Analog is the newest song – and I freaking love it. From the woods to the field. From the static to the glass. It comes at a part when all three characters are sort of at a crossroads. All three of them are sort of ready to give up. And to escape this fact they ingest a rather serious amount of heroin. The idea of the song is that they are traveling from a mindset of hope, to a mindset of “everything sucks and it’s never going to get better…” It’s like the tipping point. And musically – it’s like, saying goodbye to analog as if analog where sort of pure and innocent and hello to digital which is kind of cold and calculating. That’s not necessarily how I really feel, but… It’s also like, if you don’t embrace what’s coming anyway, you’re pretty much fucked. If you try to stand still when a big wave hits you – you’re going to fall over. But if you try to swim with it a little bit – you’ll have a better chance. This is also where Snow goes into her coma – which is more of an alternate universe than a coma. For her – saying goodbye to analog is the best thing she could possibly do. Her coma world is perfect – even if it’s not real. And even if it’s not real – if it’s perfect – what’s the difference? Why want to leave? Her biggest worry is that some asshole do-gooding prince will kiss her on the lips and wake her up. I’m getting into Matrix territory here I think. The good thing is that no one will know what the fuck anyway. The back story is mostly just for my amusement I guess.
Anyway – this song gets close to what I want to do between synth and acoustic guitar. And the vocal effect I want to use is different from anything we’ve done before. It’s pretty intense. I like it. But only for this song. For the drums, I really want to program the first half – and then go to acoustic drums, acoustic guitar in the second bit – then a mixture of both for the end. You feel me on this?