Numanoid

I referred to my new little synthpop ditty as "shit" the other day, but it was in the sense of "shit like that is easier to write with the new keyboard controller."

In fact, it's not shit at all. It is very simple, but that's what I was going for.

So many of my favorite pop songs are built on very simple foundations. I'm attracted to muso stuff where there's fifteen bazillion chord changes and modulations and whatnot, or a little bit of modal play, but then I go back to the Hunters and Collectors catalogue, or early synthpop, and hear how much musicality people can cram into a I-V progression.

I am loving this little piece. Mostly I-V, a little vi-IV. Not only could Gary Numan have written it, it's got those long drawn-out held synth notes a la early Icehouse, where I'm just playing with letting the timbres have at your ears. I wasn't deliberately going for a "Great Southern Land" vibe, but I got there. (YES all my references and touchstones are from 1977-1983). (Except Hunnas!)

After Themes For A Defunct Leather Bar I wasn't sure Dirigible Ego was going to do a lot more instrumentals (I have another project for experiments and instrumentals) but this is definitely a Dirigible Ego song. An instrumental. Maybe I should just have at least one an album, no matter what, kind of like Simple Minds in the early days.

Gotta work on the drum kit ... especially the snare sounds, which are a little too uniform and wimpy.

But overall, wow. I have surprised myself again. Can't stop listening to the damn thing.

Working title has been "Numanoid" but I think I will rename it "Cuddleslut." It just has a happy vibe like that.