Whato folk
Saw this by Caz and thought I'd just say thanks for you kind comments about the guitar playing, and maybe try explain a few things...
I wrote the acoustic guitar part sitting on a bed, I wanted something that was different in many ways, subject matter, feel, structure, so I called it 'About Bees', (I love watching Bees and I also enjoy trying out their honey, I'm fascinated by the whole process, the amount of effort they put into it, and then we take most of it, I really appreciate what they do for us).
The acoustic guitar is a Gibson J30 with newish strings and long finger nails.
The strat solo was a first take, (At the time I was into Clapton's solo in Kate Bush's 'And So Is Love' - so much feel for so little playing
I never felt it didn't fit, but a couple of you did mention it, but I thought it brought something to the arrangement rather than taking something away.
I really wanted the track to have a direct link to nature, hence the Birds and Bees sounds, I just wanted to bring that moment of watching a Bee to you, right there in your ears. There are 2 tracks one for Birds and Forest and the other for the Bees, that's a production first for me.
The break had a few functions, to add interest to the song, to allow the Birds and Bees to provide a 'solo' and to allow the theme to have more impact the second time round, I always try to make songs interesting all the way through.
I really had no idea at all about any melody line, nor lyrics, I tried a couple of times, but in these things I struggle, so I put it on the Unfinished songs part of this forum, and forgot about it, then Caz, got in touch, and she did the rest, I was really surprised that She found such a song from it.
We tried a few different ideas...military snare (quickly dropped)
, various harmonies, but in this song I thought less is more, and introduced more harmonies from the 2nd Verse, until the very end where they come together and finish with Caz's immaculate vocal flourish.
'Twas a gas to do, I still listen to it a lot, it has the same affect on me too.
hope this helps
cpm