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*V1*
(2013)
*V2*
(2013)
[vimeo 8761652]
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INTRO:
(4:4)
(105bpm)
(Amajor)
[(A) (Amaj7) (A A6) (A) (A F9 E9) [(A6) x 8]
PART 2:
(4:4 swing)
(170bpm)
(Amajor)
(A) (F9 E9)
(bass: A (E) F E (G#) A (E) F E (G#))
CHORUS:
[(A) (Bmsus2 Bm) (E) (E D# D)] x 2
(A6 Asus2 A6 Asus2) (C#7) (F#m) (F#msus2) (F#m) (F#m7)
(first time:)
(B Bsus2 B) (D Dmaj7) (E) (Esus4) (E6 E7 E6) (E)
(second time:)
(B7 B7sus2 B7) (Dm Dm6 Dm) (A)
(bass: A (C#) B (F#) E (G#) ) x 2
(A (C#) C# (B C#) F# (A C#))
first time: B (D#) D (A F#) E
second time: B (D#) D (A) A
VERSE:
(A A6 A) (A Asus2 A) (A6) (Dsus2 D) (Dm7 Dm6 Dm) (D)
(A A6 A) (A Asus2 A) (E) (Gsus4) (Asus2) (A)
(E) (C ) (Asus2 A)
(bass: A (C#) D (A) A (E) E (G# B) C (G) A (E) E (G#) G (B) A)
CODA:
(A Asus2 A A6 A) (A6) (Dm Dmsus4 Dm Dm7 Dm6) (A)
(D Dsus2 D) (Dm Dm6 Dm) (A A6 A A6 A)
(riff: A G# E F# C# E C# B A F#)
(A A6) (E6 Esus4 Esus2) (A)
(bass: A (C#) D (A) A (C#) D (A) A (E) E (G#) A)
(A) (E6 A7) (A Ddim E Dim) (A) (A A/G A/F#) (E6 A7) (A) (F9 E9) (A)
(bass: A (E) E (G#) A (C#) D (B G# F) E (G# B) D (B G#) A (F#) E (G#) A (E) F E (G#) A)












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π§«π₯Όπ§ͺβ¨BEHIND THE MUSICβ¨π§ͺπ₯ΌποΈββοΈ
(written + recorded in 2008)
(closing track of ‘back in orbit’)
(included on 2009 CD ‘tabula rasa’)
(final version recorded in 2013)
(with MIDI)
(i think the 2008 version is better)
(vertical motion contrasting with orbital motionβ¦)
(a trampoline launches the astronauts into orbitβ¦)
(while attending a party @ the cambridge house of harvard pal socrates cruz, a beautiful dreadlocked hippie chick works a hulahoop in the basement as joga jams with the house band)
(the professor compared the vocal performance to βelvis presleyβ in ‘summer 2008’)
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π€β οΈπ‘ββοΈπ‘ENSEMBLEπ‘βοΈβππ€
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β¨β‘οΈππ€πPRODUCTIONππ€πβ‘οΈβ¨
(version 1 recorded in east village NYC)
(fall 2008)
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π΄π«πβ¨PERFORMANCEβ¨ππ«π΄
*ENSEMBLE*
9.4.17:
V2 (0:00)
good!
IG 0:20 – 0:30
V3 (0:00)
coda good!
V6 (0:00)
*V1*
(summer 2017)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma5INNS7rbw&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZKs4QaMlPs&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ZjYiYA8w8&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
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*β¨π¦πβ¨STORYLINESβ¨ππ¦β¨*
(mark and liliana secretly digesting the “back in orbit” intro riff)
(as mark runs his marathon)
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ππ€·ββοΈπ©ββοΈπ*REVIEWS*π»π¨ββοΈπ€·ββοΈπ
(liliana said she loved the guitar intro)
(on “tabula rasa”)
(so did bergblum)
(but as TAXI would say it was “too messy”)
(“too many overdubs”)
(like brian wilson’s “smiley smile”)
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