shut up and listen

• intro – entirely unlike the rest of the song – sets the ‘tone’ (also reappears faintly in outro)
• vox melody on the beat “i’ve had my frustrations about’
•                                          1    2     3    4    5    6    7    8
• vox doubled
• Key F
• I – V – VIm – IV verse, IV – VIm – I – IIIm chorus
• v1 ch v2 ch bridge ch
• oscillating texture in back ground of intro, and first chord progression – linking the intro and song
• whispered sample edit loop (not as integral to the song as I would like)
• punchy thumping drum beat (verses only – chorus features less focused loop)
• bridge vocal back in the mix

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. intro + oscillating texture
2. vox melody on the beat
3. I – V – VIm – IV verse, IV – VIm – I – IIIm chorus

• baritone vocals
• the intros to ‘Only if You Run’ and ‘On the Esplanade’ – apparently “imprecise and basically extraneous” — www.prefixmag.com/reviews/julian-plenti/julian-plenti-isskyscraper
• verse chorus structures but retain interest — somehow …
• solo album that still rocks like a band (in places)