From a tiny guitar idea (like this first riff) to a finished song, I love the whole creative process, and thousands of decisions it takes to turn the idea into a finished song, and finished recording. It’s like making a giant puzzle.
You can watch videos here on my site about my songwriting process. Today’s post is about arranging, and choosing parts, and sounds that fit the song. It comes down to I choose what I like, and love.
Our whole lives we build a palette of choices, we experience music, and store in our mind’s ear sounds of instruments we love building our frame of reference for how music should/could/want, it to be. I feel like I am just sifting through all my favorite things, and listening to what fits. The song knows what it needs. I listen to the song.
Certainly any song can be arranged an infinite amount of ways but focusing on what I love brings me to the finish line every time.
0:00 main electric guitar
0:30 electric, & acoustic guitars
0:40 guitars, & midi horns
1:11 bass, & two background vocals
1:35 with three background vocals
2:00 four background vocals, & lead vocal
2:32 delay guitar
2:50 midi saxes
3:13 organ, & keys
3:35 bass, drums, & claps
4:08 background vocals, vocal answers, & piano
4:45 more keys
5:35 guitars, piano, keys, saxes, & horns
6:29 guitars, & piano
6:54 guitars, bass, drums, & piano
7:53 bass, drums, & percussion
8:44 slide guitars
9:23 looped love wins vocals (not in final mix)
10:14 piano, lead vocal, & background vocals
11:23 whole song instrumental arrangement
15:33 The Mix
Love Wins: written, arranged produced, and mixed by Lauren Passarelli Copyright © August 20, 2020. Buy it here.
Lauren Passarelli – guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion, midi guitar horns, nord, poly D
Mike Bishop – bass, backing vocals
Mary Ramsey Douyard- backing vocals
Kate Chadbourne- piano, backing vocals
Billy Carl Mancini – backing vocals
Tom Evans – drums
Love Wins
I know it’s hard
But you can be someone you can look up to
Don’t misunderstand
Do the right thing
The lies, the scams
The house of cards built on the sand
Never understands
At the end of the day love wins
Love wins
Even if it’s a long day love wins
You’re weak, you’re through
But your heart has room for more than you
Don’t misunderstand
At the end of the day love wins
Love wins
Even if it’s a long day love wins
The battle of the soul and the big black hole
Give people light and they will find their way
Green with spring dreaming of the future
You’ve got to use your power for the good
I know it’s hard
But you can be someone you can look up to
Don’t misunderstand
At the end of the day love wins
Love wins
Even if it’s a long day love wins