Here is a FLIST! work in progess that I’ve been hammering out for the last few months that I hope to include on the incredibly delayed and over-produced Black Friend album this year. I will also be playing the full song at my upcoming shows on the 5th and 10th of February.

¡FLIST! – Set (2011-2012, unreleased work in progress)

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The intro is taken from Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra’s Sundown Sundown off of Nancy and Lee from 1968. While sounding similar there are quite a few differences, particularly how much heavier I wanted my version to sound as it serves a different purpose to the song. While the Lee Hazlewood version starts off sweet and rises into a bass and kick heavy bombast mine stays relatively flat and drops off into a broken beat. Another disparity between the two is the use of virtual instruments for the strings and horns. Little has been done other than velocity control to hide this fact and there is still quite a bit to be done at this point but it should still give a good idea of what my intentions are.

For those who know the Hazlewood original my hope is that they will be reminded of Lee’s opening lines which will be tied into the songs lyrics later on. Working such direct references into anything is always a risk as it can often take a lot away from the song if it’s success is dependent on the audience getting an inside joke. Here is the original intro:

Nancy & Lee – Sundown Sundown (excerpt; 1968, Lee Hazlewood, Billy Strange)

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The sample that plays directly after the intro is taken from ToneScape’s (free!) Animato pack which I highly recommend, along with his other sample packages for any digital musicians looking to expand their libraries. While I’m not sure I will be using this sample in the final version of the song it serves it’s purpose at the moment.

I am playing this weekend on Sunday, the 5th of February with the Dirty Organs at Virgil Reality and on Friday, the 10th of February at the Concordia Co-op Bookstore for their annual Anti-Valentines day party. Hope to see some of you there!