Father Time
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10/15/2015 6:23:35 AM
an interesting thing Brian Wilson has talked about
He says his favorite of all the songs he has done is California Girls, and the reason why is because he set out to do a really different, original intro on a song and there he feels like he achieved that. When you listen to that song, it's second nature once you're familiar with it but it really is sort of a musical hook in itself, what he puts out there before it gets to the actual song. I think if there's any way music and indies are really deficient is the beginning of songs, the next solo stuff I do I'm going to go way out of my way to craft unique intros that are good enough to stand on their own.
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Hop On Pop
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10/16/2015 8:11:26 AM
I read that same interview with Brian. Or, at least I've heard him say that before. And it did get me thinking about writing intros to some of my songs. And I did. For some.
But, when it comes down to it, some songs demand intros, some demand none. It's all about each song.
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Hop On Pop
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10/16/2015 9:58:51 AM
Let's see if I can find a couple of songs that I had intros for.
When I wrote "Come On, Let's Go", I did make a very distinct effort to write an intro that led directly into the first chord. I wrote it on guitar, but had David play it on piano, as I thought it worked better that way. Very short intro, but definitely written separately, after the rest of the song was written. Because the song needed it, IMO.
"Say You Will (A Reluctant Soldier's Plea)" has a similar, descending lick. Similar, but simpler. And, in this case, I actually repeat the lick in other parts of the song (twice more—once in the middle and once to close the songA]).
In the case of "Suckers", all I did was arpeggiate the tonic chord for a couple of measures before the band kicks in. Is that an intro? I guess, but it's a pretty simplistic take on one.
And then there are songs that require that you DO NOT have an intro. For instance, I could not imagine "And To Think" or "Break My Heart" beginning any other way than just… right in to it.
It's all about each song.
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