Gorblimey, it seems like ages since I did this. After a two-month period of complete creative blockage followed by some studio setup adjustments (and learning curves with new software) I’m finally back in recording mode.
The last-but-one task over in the Guitarist Collective was to record a piece of music inspired by a film. It took me a while to decide on an angle, but eventually I decided to celebrate those cool mid-sixties British films, particularly the ones which showed some of the dark side beneath the Swingin’ England veneer. Although the point of the collective task wasn’t to recreate the sound of the original soundtracks, I found I just couldn’t help but use some of the musical devices they used back then. I think a bit of David Axelrod influence crept in there as well.
The resulting piece is called Sharp Suit (5.2MB mp3)