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Back to Some Prog Rock and the pressure was on...FARRELL,,,,heheheheh
<p>Gentle Giant......hmmmmmm??? Remember them?? Always one of my favorite. The bass player, Ray Schulman, always played really neat riffs and I always wanted to write a song like them. NOT THAT I COULD?!?!?!?!?! BUT!! I sure wanted to try <img src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />. I put together a bunch of bass and drum riffs, with some off time stuff and through together a basic arrangement and went to Doc and Farrell and asked for help, to come up with a GG type song. They both liked what they heard, but Farrell grabbed the song and ran with it. He put together all of the backing guitars and vocals and did some minor re-arranging. He sent me a sample of what he had done.....and I was...WHOAED OVER!!!! I LOVED IT!! The Mood, The Feel, The Storyline.....ALL fit perfectly to me. We then gave it to DOC and the PROG gods shown over him gloriously, IMHO. He NEVER seizes to amaze me, the way he adapts to all styles of music. We then went to Gary C, to put his final Lead Guitar touch on it......and THAT, he did.....and just as DOC does, Gary too, can change with the wind and fit to whatever is put in front of him. I LOVE working with these guys. THANKS...FARRELL, DOC and GARY for making another one of my dreams come true.....a GG type song <img src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /></p><p>Rob</p><p> </p>
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Thanks for the great blog Rob but you forgot to give yourself credit so....I'll do it for you, lol! This song or the ideas that sprang from the original bass and drums demo wouldn't exist if Rob hadn't had the desire to write a Gentle Giant type song. Heck, I had long forgotten GG and what a great talent they were. When I first heard Rob's demo, the complexity of it just blew me away and I wondered how any music would fit with this counter beat style. But the more I listened, the more I started to hear it, and the more I became in tune with the odd counts. So Rob, thanks for having the idea that grew into The Kite!
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