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Another quickie on the 3rd day of leaving my damaged mixer on; seems like I’m never going to get back the old tone, so this time I just tried factoring the coloration of the mixer’s headphone out on playback and mixed/mastered accordingly.

Anyways, the song is by Gary Valenciano; I first heard the “guitar version” during one of his concerts during my college years – which prompted me to learn it by ear. I would also play it once in a while in DWTL which is probably the reason I still remember it after all these years.

So, what is there to say about this interpretation? Let me see…

Guitar wise, It starts with the same progression I remember from the version I loved… I used the harmonies from an american CD version¹ as a springbard, I obviously had to modify it because of the amount of deviation I did for the main melody on the second verse.

We also have the “bridge” from the concert version… then some pseudo-percussive guitar playing at the last chorus. I had to invent a new counterpoint at the tail end; mostly because I totally forgot how the damn thing ended so I was just making shit up as I went along…

The “ending proper” (May all glory be…) again goes back to the concert version which brings the whole thing back full circle as far as my “journey” with this song goes.

whew

Tech notes. Same old issue about the mixer (mentioned above), but this time I created extra busses for stereo background vocals – that’s about it.

post updated on August 28, 2009 @ 8:54 am