FAWM: "Saraba! Itoshiki Daichi (Farewell to the Land)"

Saraba! Itoshiki Daichi (Farewell to the Land)

3 days ago by @kembole

Liner Notes

This is the second time on FAWM that Roope Puumalainen sends me a full drum track and I really have no idea what he had in store for me. We had a chat that this time around we could slow it down and make a postrock song.

I wanted to compose in a new way, so I composed a full bass track without any idea what I'm going to layer over it or what is coming next. I had the basic structure on paper and composed one part at a time, from start to beginning. Then a did the guitar melodies and same for the other guitars and synth.

Not the most cohesive track but I think it came out quite well. One of my rules was that I didn't want to backtrack too much and if I played a note I didn't like later on, I had to deal with it somehow with layering. This was also the first time I didn't absolutely hate mixing real drums.

Drums and drum engineering: Roope Puumalainen Everything else: me

Comments

@nadine 14h

MIxing real drums is tricky but absolutely worth it. They have an absolutely different energy. You did so well with the harmonies and bass. Sounds like a post rock journey

@pumpkinhead 2d

Great instrumental track. I could enjoy the melodies a bit further in the front but the different guitars are so clever and powerful. Well done. 🙏

@spotlightkid 2d

This is up my alley! My only critique is that the slow part at 2:29 was not sonically distinctive enough. I would have left out the distorted rhythm guitars there and have only the clean guitars and synth, bass and drums. Well, maybe a lead guitar part too :-)