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Real Girl for Real

ByGary May 8, 2013May 8, 2013

A few weeks ago, I unexpectedly recorded a charming version of Real Girl. I’d been plugging away at the song all afternoon, taking videos to watch and critique, when my housemate walked in. She and I always make each other laugh, no matter what is going on. I don’t know why, we just look at each other and laugh.

So when Joey came home, I knew it’d be a fun take. I added harmony vocals, bass and guitar.

I’m pleased with this video, and I think I’ll do more. Also planning more lattice stuff soon.

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Flying Dream on YouTube

ByGary October 28, 2012August 18, 2017

This may have been the most intense art project of my life. Some time early in 2012, I got it into my head to create a stop-motion animation of my song Flying Dream, moving in harmonic space. I’ve spent the past five months working like crazy on it. The song is carefully arranged using the…

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More Blue Tritones

ByGary September 15, 2013August 30, 2017

I want to show you some lattice movies of how I’ve used blue tritones in my own music. Real Girl has several examples. The clearest is a guitar lick in the chorus: That 7b5 is tasty over the bVI chord. For an instant, it makes a “barbershop seventh,” the 7th harmonic of the root. Here…

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Laundromat

ByGary April 25, 2013April 25, 2013

I wrote this song during a long weekend visit with an old and dear friend in Coupeville, Washington. We did laundry, and then went for a walk. I vividly remember the day, the view out over Puget Sound, the texture and color of the grass we were walking on. Somehow, suddenly, this melody was going…

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I Wish It Were That Easy

ByGary October 2, 2013

I recorded this today.

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A couple of good recordings

ByGary January 13, 2013September 1, 2021

Jody Mulgrew and I are putting together a few shows in the next few months, and for rehearsals, I’ve been recording versions of some of my songs. Jody and I blend like brothers, so the emphasis is on the harmonies. I especially like the way Flying Dream and Breakup Songs came out. That’s me singing…

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Harmonic Space

ByGary November 14, 2012August 18, 2017

Now to relate all this to the lattice in the video. Listening to music is like going on a journey. Most tonal music starts by establishing a center, or basic note, and a basic harmonic framework for the song, such as a major or minor mode. A few melody notes, and a beginning chord, and…

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