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6. Chameleon Dance
Level 5: Camouflage
This slick little piece came into existence while I was
improvising over a bass line and toying with the idea of constantly
changing
the rhythm by adding and subtracting beats. I tried to
create an environment where constantly playing with
meter would seem natural and playful rather than contrived and
pretentious. You be the judge... I'll leave it as an
exercise for
the willing musicians out there to figure out all of the different
rhythmic
schemes.
I started the composition process by sequencing
the bass
line
and
pinning down the different rhythmic schemes. Then I fit a
drum/percussion part to
root it.
From there, I added the harmonic and melodic parts, which led to the
eventual
form of the song.
The pseudo record-skipping type rut towards the end was an
after-thought of the divine intervention variety. It provided the song
both a bridge and an ending. Many an artist reaches the "Where the f---
do I go from here?" moment at one point or other in their work (I
highly doubt if any creative individual never reached that moment). I
find these moments to be blessings as well as curses. It's fairly
obvious how reaching creative dead-ends can be a curse. I see them
as blessings, however, because they make me more receptive to
experimentation, accident, and the abundance of input that my ego might
otherwise filter out. |