This song started its life as a little loop I wrote on guitar with my looper pedal. Basically the first half of the song comes from that idea, and there’s even a little bit of that original loop buried there in the mix. A year or two later I tried to record the song, and…
Tag: post-metal
Circles of Light
Every time I record a song, I both get better and feel like I’m relearning everything I used to know. With this track for instance, when I had most of the tracks laid down, the ending guitar riff felt so… weak. So I re-recorded the riff, 6-tracked it instead of quad-tracking, changed amp sim, but…
In a Few Billion Years the Sun
When I’m writing music, I usually have an image or scene in my mind while the riffs and pieces are coming together. Usually these images and scenes have nothing to do with anything–the music I’m working on just inspires them without logic or reason. Because of this, and because I mostly only write instrumental music,…
You’re Going to Want to Move Faster
Last weekend I started messing around on guitar, trying to come up with something simple. And after about five minutes, I had most of the parts to this song put together. I started laying down scratch guitar parts and programmed some basic drums. After practicing the song a bit, I re-wrote the drums, added some…
Return to Deerhead Trail
Around 2011 I joined an instrumental post-metal band called Deerhead up in Mankato, Minnesota. It was four guys–three guitarists and a drummer–looking for someone to handle bass duties. I stepped in, and it turned out to be my favorite band I was a part of. We had a small following in town and played some…