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70's Rocker: Just Playing Tag

from I Have Something To Say by Larry Silveira

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I wrote this "Prog Rock" song in 2016. Writing lyrics has always been a problem for me. I have friends that compose songs by first writing the lyrics THEN the music. That process is as foreign to me as getting my body waxed.

I first develop a chord pattern on my guitar, then come up with a vocal melody. Eventually a nonsense pattern of words evolves from my unconscious, which forms the key "hook", then from that hook I force myself to write the rest of the lyrics supporting the hook which over time is ever changing. When I play I get images or actions like videos usually not related to the lyrics. This creates a "mood" for me which leads me to my arrangements. And know you know the rest of the story.

So this song was great fun for me because, well, no lyrics and instead envisioned soloists playing tag. It felt 70's to me...thus the song title.

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from I Have Something To Say, released December 3, 2020
Larry starts the song on his '75 Aria A-556 Classical later switching to his Gibson ES-345. Paul Lamb is tagged playing a riff on his Fender Precision Bass who tags Paul Spina who drives the song using his Pearl Masters Custom Drums. Paul tags Jan Purat catches his Jonathan Cooper#326 5-string Violin on fire. I told him I wanted Ponty-like riffs...How'd he do? Jan tags Greg Sankovich who whips out his ’59 Hammond C3 like the pro that he is then slaps a tag on his buddy Lincoln Adler who is no stranger to his Selmer Tenor Sax. Jan and Lincoln dance thru the bridge which hands everything off to Josh Yenne on his ‘62 Epiphone Grenada Electric Lead Guitar. Finally, Josh and Jan joyfully spar thru the outro showered with triplets in the background and ending in a "70's long slow fade out."

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Larry Silveira San Jose, California

Larry has been a guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer for 54 years. He gathered the best of the best to back him up in this his band, LJ's All-Star Revue. From Prog Rock to Jazz to Latin Jazz and even a country kids song. He has spared no expense to present some solid music. ... more

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