Meteor Shower

This came tugging on my pants leg this week, almost fully formed. Thanks, muse! It's about, well, a meteor shower. Warning: non-zero James Taylor quotient.

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posted by doubtfulpalace (6 comments total)

Man, you had to go and mention James Taylor and then I spent this whole recording thinking about how I can't stand James Taylor. It's a pretty nice piece of work, though.
posted by cortex at 9:00 AM on May 4, 2010

Ha! That'll teach me not to set up expectations. The IVm->IM9 cadence reminded me of 70s soft pop, is all. If it helps any, my wife thought it sounded like Gillian Welch.
posted by doubtfulpalace at 10:51 AM on May 4, 2010

me neither. lovely, lovely chords.
posted by peterkins at 1:02 PM on May 5, 2010

Ah, yes, James Taylor. Ok, about this song...I think the instrumentation and vocals are pretty damn brilliant. This is very enjoyable!
posted by snsranch at 7:41 PM on May 7, 2010

This often goes to chords I don't expect. Dulcimer, eh?

I'd like to see an animated video with nice squiggly lines and washed-out watercolors.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 2:51 AM on May 11, 2010

Yes, although it should be noted that it's a chromatic dulcimer. That said, there's only one note you couldn't play on a regular dulcimer. Most of the idiosyncrasies come from missing notes (for example, "CM9" is C, B, D, no E or G).
posted by doubtfulpalace at 6:33 PM on May 11, 2010