Aintree

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this is song is my life as of 2008. this describe the summer of 2008 for me almost exactly. i was jobless after a couple tries, always out exploring, and deeply in love with a woman. it was the best summer of my life.

the concept for this song actually started with the last two parts. John Newman and I recorded a song we thought up a couple weeks earlier and decided to add on a dreamy part, since the song itself sounded kind of dramatic. right when we hit the bridge it turns dreamy instantly and i play a piano melody that's absolutely beautiful and he caresses the mood by changing the chords up. it was so perfect i was accumulating lots of tears in my eyes.

that was spring. then summer came and i kept hearing this chord structure and the melody we played along with it so that became the first part of the song. i had countless dreams about a special someone that summer and the first part of the song really shows how content i was with everything.

the second part of the song was originally supposed to be post-rock sounding. instrumental smoothliness. but i decided to change it to pop sounding to make it sound like the day was progressing and you were out there having fun. which i was, at least. i heard Pete O'Hare and Luke Knight play the riff that is going on there. and the intro the second part, the loud distorted guitars, was actually supposed to be the beginning of the song before i decided to link all of these songs together.

the 3rd part was a reflection of a chord structure that i had seen a lot in many different bands being used differently so i decided to make my own version of it. sounded pretty good considering its supposed to be that burning desire of love that you can't stop thinking about.

the 4th part was based on the original riff that john newman and i thought of one night. i played his busted old piano that only played a few notes and we made a song out of it. the "spine" riff, so to speak, was part of a jam between Pete O'Hare, Carlos, and i. and that was the riff Pete played. good stuff. and those two were in the same key so it worked out.

the last part is probably the best. for an entire summer i would look at the sunset and literally hear this song. and then i had the pleasure of playing an acoustic version of it with Carlos and i time shifted that so the violin line he played would exaggerate its beauty.

the song could be broken into movements, simply really. the tone changes from movements on.
1. MyBeloved
2. Sunrise - Midday
3. Silent I Love You's
4. Doubt
5. Sunrise

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