I finally finished recording the song, "
Mayday," that I wrote over two years ago about my dad (
http://www.musicbanter.com/song-writ...ml#post1272626). Here it is, at last.
I had two goals while making this song. First, I wanted to share with my father my sadness about his cancer and decline, which turned out to be excruciating at times, both physically and emotionally.
Second, I wanted to combine elements of rock music (drums, electric guitar, a simple melody, and vocals lacking vibrato) with elements of classical music (violin, cello, piano, recorder, a meandering melody, the passing of the melody from one instrument to another, and counterpoint).
I was hoping that sneaking rock elements (which my dad despised) into a song with classical elements (which he enjoyed) might inspire my dad to appreciate the elements of rock music a little more...or at least despise them a little less!