You're close; it's 89bpm. The cello, being sequenced, is the only instrument right on the grid. The piano wanders a bit because I was really feeling it, and the Mellotron wanders a bit because (from what I could gather) it was very difficult to play.glennny wrote:Jon Eric said:Yeah, I always forget how low a cello can go.Two minor points: the bass instrument is a cello, and in fact the song is played with a click. I wonder what made you think otherwise?
As far as the click goes, I was trying to pay you a compliment. When I listen to it there seems to be tension and release not only in chords, volume dynamics, but in being ahead and behind the beat as well. I busted out my tap tempo and locked in to the cello. I'm pretty sure if there is a tempo it's 90 bpm. When I restarted the song with 90 bpm click, there seemed to be dramatic pauses that threw off the beat. Maybe I just had the wrong bpm. In any case this song has very high replay value. I haven't liked it any less on these repeated listens.
Anyway, I definitely didn't mean to imply that I took your misreading as an accusation. I definitely read it as a compliment. I'm just hoping to identify the qualities that made it sound so loose, so that I might attempt to bottle that lightning again!
Anyway, now I'm just keeping an old review thread afloat. Thanks for the comments!