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Never Looking Back

from Sonic Chef's Circus Absurdities by Alex Maiers

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A vow to forever progress, moving forward in all walks of life, this tune is the cornerstone of this record’s creation, as well as all of those to follow.
A college composition professor once gave me an exercise, to write lyrics in order to aid in the writing of an instrumental melody, to make one conscious of phrasing. I wrote 3 words of text when listening to the main groove of this piece, & after the first phrase was out, I played the rest of the melody in its completed form...is it really failing the exercise if you end up with a result you enjoy? ^_^

The main motif comes from a Steve Morse RH picking exercise/lesson. Sprinkle in a little Vai, some Portnoy-esque drumming, & some LaRue bass grooves, & VOILA!

Mark Michell lends his talents with a ripping bass solo near the end, & is the only outside string player on this entire album.

*Coincidentally, the tune ended up with 186 measures (my lucky number!)

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from Sonic Chef's Circus Absurdities, released February 2, 2019
Mark Michell (Down To Ride, ex-Scale The Summit, Tetrafusion; LowEndUniversity): bass solo
Spencer Schoeneman: Drums
Joel Thielman: keys
Alex: everything else (guitars, bass, electric sitar; programming)

Ellory Hollingsworth: voiceover

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