Hello and thanks for sticking around! It is my great privilege to introduce the latest track from Bud the Fish, and it’s called “Serpent”
So, what’s going on here, what’s this track all about?
First of all, a dirty little secret: every track for BtF I’ve created -- every one -- the title is the very last thing I do. Seriously. I’ll come up with the video for the song before I even peruse possible track names. Back in my younger-person days when I wrote and played with an alt-rock band, the title came up pretty early on, usually while the lyrics were still in play, which makes total sense, right? Nowadays all my music is just that -- music. I haven’t written a lyric in well over twenty years, and I thank the Maker for that because..well, let’s say it would’ve helped if I actually sang the song I was writing for, right? So when I think of song names now, I’m zeroing-in on the vibe I’m picking up from the music, and for this one, I’m thinking something powerful, dark-ish king of.. and I’m okay with that!
Now, for the nuts and bolts of it.. I returned to my trusty steed AUM on the iPad, with favorites Figure and Koala Sampler providing the instrumentation. Nothing gonzo there. Blackhole for the ‘verb, Other Desert Cities doing its delay business, MoogerFoogers, blah blah blah... The second half of the song I bring in the wonderful ThumbJam for its lovely hammered-dulcimer samples. When I was much, much younger, my family took a vacation trip to Silver Dollar City outside Branson, Missouri. The only thing I can recall with any clarity was when one of the Silver Dollar City performers sat down on a picnic table in one of the pavilions, pulled out a hammered dulcimer, and absolutely went to town on it -- dude was like the Jimi Hendrix of the dulcimers; about the only thing he didn’t do was pull out a can of lghter fluid and torch his instrument. Blew my mind. And the dude knew he was rocking it, too, he had a lopsided smirk like “yeah, check this out and while you’re watching me, I’m totally gonna swipe your girlfriend hahaha..” So, it’s a sound I’ve been partial too for a long time, and whenever I get a chance to sneak it into a track, I do; last time was on “Left-Right-Center”, so maybe when you’re done listening to this guy, pop on over to my YouTube channel and give that one a spin.
Finally, the video: once again I dragged out POV-Ray to render the images using math and coding and not one goddamn drop of AI. Seriously I hate that I even have to say that every time I post a video now, but that’s the world we live in..
Well, I hope you enjoy the song; if you do, I hope you tell a friend or two, share a link, all that good stuff. Meantime it’s back to the studio; got two more ready for their final mixes and videos, so I’ll be back with more music goodness before you know it!
Stay safe, my friends...
Dan
It's cool 😎. Also, no lyrics, no vocals, right up my alley 👍