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Slope began life as a jazz song with my pre-pandemic group Haven Street, written by our bass player Jay, and appeared on our record. I wrote a lyric for it, but we didn’t do vocals in that group, and I\u2019ve never been much of a fan of vocalese anyway, unless it\u2019s Ella Fitzgerald. So for this record I changed it from a jazz style into an old-timey blues, with a drop-tuned guitar now carrying the main riff rather than a standup bass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrangement is fairly sparse, with just a single vocal, guitar, bass and drum. To finish it off I added a bit of Fender Rhodes, and of course a smokey bluesy sax. I also added real drums doing brushes on the snare, since I have no way to create that using midi and samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nAnd you might drink from that flowing cup
\nThen comes the day when it all turns around
\nJust then you think that life’s looking down
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\nClimbin’ up that slope
\nSlidin’ down that slope
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\nJust when you think that life’s looking up
\nJust then you think that life’s looking down
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\nScamblin’ up that slope
\nTumblin’ down that slope
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\nAnd you might drink from that flowing cup
\nThen comes the day when it all turns around
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\nHoldin’ on to hope
\nRidin’ on up and down that slope<\/p>\n\n\n\n