Writing For New Album Complete! - Page 2

Black Rain · January 19th, 2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jesse

Every song on Dismantling Devotion has keys on them. The two Idle tracks are actually an actual acoustic piano, not synth as I'm referring to here. I think Egan hammered out all the ones on Lost to the Living and Barre and Egan worked on them for Dismantling and No Reply. Again, they aren't melodic instruments up in the mix, they are underneath holding chords for atmosphere and overall depth.

hm really? I never knew.

egan. · January 19th, 2008, 12:21 PM

Yeah, we basically do them as a subtle filler. There is no keyboard player in this band so we really don't want them to be so important that they're "missing" live.
However, on the song 'DD' they are pretty loud and in fact the song starts and ends with a pretty prominent keyboard lead in addition to the ebow stuff. Barre and I were pretty excited about those keys in fact.

I think that with each record the keys get a little better and the stuff this time around will be the best yet in my (biased) opinion.

Bleak Eyes · January 19th, 2008, 01:52 PM

Do any of the keys on the new album stand out more than before?

egan. · January 19th, 2008, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bleak Eyes

Do any of the keys on the new album stand out more than before?

I'll let you know when we get the mix back.

Seriously tho, the format is basically the same so it is just a matter of what makes sense during mix time.

Bleak Eyes · January 20th, 2008, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by egan.

I'll let you know when we get the mix back.

Seriously tho, the format is basically the same so it is just a matter of what makes sense during mix time.

Understood.

griev0r · January 21st, 2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jesse

Both No Reply and Dismantling Devotion also had keys on them. We just don't use them as a primary melodic instrument, but rather to add atmosphere and thicken things up. They are pretty low in the mix, but if you listen carefully to Dismantling Devotion in particular you'll hear them. That's what we did this time around as well.

This might be a dumb question but in most of your songs on Dismantling Devotion (particularly the title track) you have that wavy sounding guitar. Is it a fretless guitar? I don't see how you get that kind of sound out of a regular guitar..

egan. · January 22nd, 2008, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by griev0r

This might be a dumb question but in most of your songs on Dismantling Devotion (particularly the title track) you have that wavy sounding guitar. Is it a fretless guitar? I don't see how you get that kind of sound out of a regular guitar..

Just regular old fretted six strings here. Are you maybe talking about the ebow leads?

ShadowCreator · January 22nd, 2008, 05:29 PM

Has Daylight Dies ever considered an actual keyboardist??
I think it would be interesting, adding more atmosphere may better the sound.

jesse · January 22nd, 2008, 10:46 PM

We actually actively don't want a keyboardist. We're a guitar driven band.

Bleak Eyes · January 22nd, 2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jesse

We actually actively don't want a keyboardist. We're a guitar driven band.

Definitely no need to mess that up.

griev0r · January 25th, 2008, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by egan.

Just regular old fretted six strings here. Are you maybe talking about the ebow leads?

Ok, yeah thats definitely an ebow now that I looked up what one is heh. The ebow lead on the title track is just awesome for the record. Fuck keyboards, you have plenty of atmosphere.

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egan. daylightdies.com Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: nc Posts: 1,095	Yeah, we basically do them as a subtle filler. There is no keyboard player in this band so we really don't want them to be so important that they're "missing" live. However, on the song 'DD' they are pretty loud and in fact the song starts and ends with a pretty prominent keyboard lead in addition to the ebow stuff. Barre and I were pretty excited about those keys in fact. I think that with each record the keys get a little better and the stuff this time around will be the best yet in my (biased) opinion.