“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but cut the volume on the guitar solo.” Charles said. He’d performed that solo, so I knew he must have a good reason for bringing it down. We were putting the finishing touches on my demo. “It’s overpowering the strings, and they are perfection.”
Since I’d programmed the string arrangement, I agreed with him. Though I’d written the song on the guitar, it had transformed into a mid-tempo dance track with swirling strings in the background.
“Okay. I think we’re done. Thanks Charles!” I high-fived him, then listened to it from beginning to end one more time before sending it to my agent.
The first three measures were entirely strings, and then a trip-hoppy retro bass sound I’d stumbled upon online began with drums and guitars, followed by my thin voice sin
