The American Dream Trilogy
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TalismanRich
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Well done, Kevin. It reminds me of the way folks like Genesis and Yes built those epic songs, but with your song style. 
This one has a bit of a story behind it. It came to me in a dream.
Well - the first part did. It was an 80s all girl hair band (a la Go Gos) coming out of a small transistor radio next a bed on a table in the dream.
I've written several from dreams.
I got out of bed and immediately went to the studio to jot it down. What you hear in the actual recording is the piano I played that morning - unchanged from that morning.
... and that was it. All I had was the first part.
I played the recording here, and a responder suggested: "It sounds like it needs *more*. It sounds like the start of something that should be longer". Being from a dream, the thought became "Make the song about the cultural selling of The American Dream." - kind of like Styx's "The Grand Illusion".
Dutifully complying, I wrote two more sections - and longer it is. Ten minutes and 4 seconds to be precise.
Now folks will say, "That's crazy!"
To which my reply is, "So, what's your actual point? It's a ten minute meander about unwillingly getting caught in a social cultural net and escaping. Who doesn't want to listen to that?"
Well - the first part did. It was an 80s all girl hair band (a la Go Gos) coming out of a small transistor radio next a bed on a table in the dream.
I've written several from dreams.
I got out of bed and immediately went to the studio to jot it down. What you hear in the actual recording is the piano I played that morning - unchanged from that morning.
... and that was it. All I had was the first part.
I played the recording here, and a responder suggested: "It sounds like it needs *more*. It sounds like the start of something that should be longer". Being from a dream, the thought became "Make the song about the cultural selling of The American Dream." - kind of like Styx's "The Grand Illusion".
Dutifully complying, I wrote two more sections - and longer it is. Ten minutes and 4 seconds to be precise.
Now folks will say, "That's crazy!"
To which my reply is, "So, what's your actual point? It's a ten minute meander about unwillingly getting caught in a social cultural net and escaping. Who doesn't want to listen to that?"