Juliet's Slumber (Soulmate in a Coma)
by @danxduran
Liner Notes
Another chapter in the concept album. I should really nail down the plot, but it's honestly quite confusing to explain, so I won't!
Anyway, this one came out of a nice chord progression I had which seemed to work well finger-picked - but my finger-picking is second in its ineptitude only to my palm-muting, so I resorted to programming it using Kontakt.
The mix is a bit messy - just getting those ideas down, can strip it back a bit later.
Drums: VProm (Linndrum clone), Superior Drummer 3 Bass: Epiphone violin bass through Tonex Guitar: Kontakt Electric Sunburst library Synths: Kontakt Modular Icons/Melted Vibes, Solina Strings, Odyssey Vocals: Includes Ovox vocoder
All run through the usual computer-melting array of saturations, tapes, compressors, eg Waves Curves Equator, Ampex, TG12345, 1176, optical.
Lyrics
been a dozen years in her head just a couple of weeks in mine just a flick of the wrist to pull the plug
my soulmate in a coma decay like a carcinoma university a waste of time? maybe i should go
get a doctorate in medicine make a vaccine for those locked-in get published in Nature, and cure juliet's slumber
but if i die before her, let her know that i loved her but if i die before her, let her know that i loved her
Comments
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This is great. I love the vibe and tone. I wish I could get my linndrum to sound like this. I'm always a sucker for clean/semiclean arpeggiated guitar.
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I obviously may not fully comprehend the plot of what's going on here, but that in no way detracts from how rocking and grandiose this track is. There's a heavy radio-friendly old college alternative feel here that is really involving, like a hazy portal into a murky but fascinating world.
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Absolutely love that picked chord progression. This may be my favourite of your songs this year. This track is epic
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I've got no idea what's going on in the context of the album but I bloody enjoyed this track. It rocks on very nicely over that carefully layered rhythm track. Like the harmonizer on the vocals, and those squelchy little synth parts are ace too.