(August 2017 "SOMETHING NEW") - "Ear on Arm" live at Boot and Saddle
Added 2017-08-15 01:23:13 +0000 UTCLast year sometime in October (or maybe September) I sat down at my Roland Fantom X8 and started banging out a stacked 4th C chord followed by a half diminished e chord, and BAM 10 minutes later I've got a chord progression for a brand new TTC track. Experimenting with the Korg MS-20 "sample and hold" function, the self-oscilating filters, and the LFO, I came up with a sort of electronic pulse to hold the initial beat and add to the atmosphere. I brought this skellital framework to practice and over the next few months we developed this new track we're calling "Ear on Arm".
I remember being slightly nervous a the Boot and Saddle show. Firstly, we were debuting brand new material for the first time, and secondly, this is the first TTC track that I had a significant hand in creating. Thankfully, the crowd seemed to enjoy it, and hopefully you will too.
Ear on Arm has morphed since the Boot and Saddle show, and will continue to morph as we go in and out of Big Blue North. But, nonetheless, here's the beta version of Ear on Arm, live and in the flesh.
-Joe Dorsey
This recording of “Ear On Arm” was performed by:
Dan McGowan - Lead Vocals
Joe Dorsey - Keyboards
Patrick McGowan - Guitar, Vocal Harmonies
Jamie Wolff - Bass, Vocal Harmonies
Dan Monda - Drums
