Making of “Continuum”
The single “Continuum” is the last tune I composed, in this case I decided to don’t wait for an upcoming album since the idea I had was fresh and different from the other songs I wrote in the past. This tune features piano, strings, brass, synth, woodwinds, percussions, choir and electric guitar. The main use of the effects are related to the ambient music with its wide and deep reverb fx.The repetitive piano part helps the listener to fall into a sort of meditative state of mind.I used different main themes on purpose trying to don’t distract the listener steering him toward the end of the song. Even the middle bridge variation lacks of any strong percussive elements, the rhythm part is emphasized by a pulsing reverb, in my opinion this is a nice technique to make feel the rhythm in a different way without being invasive, especially when the song purpose is to help the listener to concentrate. My rock music background helped me to figure out how to put some electric guitar into the song.It’s not uncommon to listen to electric guitars in orchestral tunes or in progressive rock music but when you realize you are going to
