Song Evolution::Electrification

Learning to play an electric guitar is not exactly easy, especially when one has never played an electric guitar before. The difference is akin to driving a manual versus an automatic shifting vehicle. The principles of driving are still the same, only one is different that the other. Thankfully, ‘62 (the name of my new guitar) and I had recorded a song previous to this one and had become somewhat acquainted.

The latest installment in the evolution of Nothing To Lose revolves around a similar theme as Adding Blue only this time with an electric guitar. However, a very important step is taken in the latest version.

There is only one song that I have written that has not had a place allotted for a guitar solo. Every other song has that space integrated into it. A guitar solo, in my songs anyway, is not meant to showcase any special abillities or show the listener how fast I can play. The purpose of layering different instruments in succession is to gain an effect of the song becoming bigger and more full of sound; each new section is building on the section previous to it. The solo is the culmination of that build. It is the time when the listener (hopefully) is “there” and feels the highest sense of what the music is trying to accomplish. Afterall, music isn’t just about verses and choruses, it is about dissonance and resolution, melody and chord structure. This solo in particular is like the end of a concert before the encore. It occurs right at the 2:00 mark, which is only half way through the song, lasts for only 30 seconds, and lets the song rebound for that “encore”.

Besides the solo, ‘62 shows up during the verses and first 4 choruses and then she drops out allowing other (and as yet unrevealed) elements to shine. She is humble like that.


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