Brent Bain

Cannibal music?  Yes.

I’m starting the work on the next HSB show.  It’s coming together, albeit slowly.  First piece of music to write is a slow ballad in 12/8 it turns out.  My process for this music?  I get a recording of one of the writers singing the melody of the song… this is then transcribed into Sibelius at which point I start figuring out what chords should be played when.  Then it’s a (somewhat) simple job of actually arranging it for the band.

The process is sometimes tedious depending on the quality of the recording, singer, etc.  I find that upbeat songs are easier to put together as takes less time to figure out the chord progressions the writers were thinking of.  So I start with the ballads hoping to make them as close to what the original recording was like.

If you are around, come watch the show on September 27th!  It’s always a blast!