November 15, 2023
This new album is really starting to come together!
I’ve got a full picture now of song order I think
I say that now but usually in the past
whenever I get close to finishing an album
one more song of inspiration hits
and causes me to switch the order
of the whole album haha!
Well this week I’m kind of torn
I posted a vote in the FUTURE SPHERE Discord
and about to post it in the FUTURE SPHERE FB group too
This next song is called “Heart & Dagger”
For those who don’t know,
outside of Fenwick & the Futures
my career has been built on
composing music for film, TV & video games.
Heart & Dagger was originally written
to go under a scene
in a sort of dark comedy type film lol.
They asked for a swampy song to go under
a particular sing.
Behold the birth of “Heart & Dagger”.
They rejected the pitch
but that’s okay because
I kept the idea in my back pocket
and after re-working it a little
I used it for a different pitch
this time for a Gordon Ramsay show
(reality TV cooking show)
for a theme song.
Well they rejected it too
(you get used to it in this industry)
BUT I love the song so much I decided to
put it on this new record.
Only now I can’t decide
which approach I like better
Slower, swampier, more acoustic?
Or faster, grittier, more electronic
I even added knife scraping for the percussion
(thanks for that bit of inspo, Gordon Ramsay!)
Haha!
Maybe in the end I’ll try to do a mix of the two.
My favorite part about this song
is the catchy whistle melody.
It gives kind of this western-y cowboy rock vibe
which this sound works perfect with
another song I have on the album
“The Reckoning”.
Anyway, if you’re reading this and haven’t voted
or listened to either option
please head over to the Discord or FB group
and let me know your thoughts!
/n8
“Fenwick & the Futures