The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #225: Musical Interlude - the Making of "The Last Dance" Part 3

Originally aired on December 2, 2019.

This week, I continue work on a ballad written from the perspective of Aurora from The Thirteenth Hour from a passage in the book where our young protagonists are starting to realize that there might be more to their relationship than just friendship. I've been fiddling with adding a beat to the song and was listening to two examples - one by Debbie Gibson ("Lost in Your Eyes") which adds a beat after a piano intro riff and another by Alphaville ("Forever Young") which actually has no backing beat at all in the original version until about 1 and a quarter minutes into the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ms3mJFkSeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TcDHrkQYg

Original show notes: https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2019/12/02/the-thirteenth-hour-podcast-225-musical-interlude-the-making-of-the-last-dance-part-3/

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If you haven't checked out "Arcade Days," the song and video Jeff Finley, Brent Simon, and I finished last winter, click on the link below to do so!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6MD6UCYeQ4

You can find more pictures and preview clips of "Arcade Days" on IG as well as this podcast's FB page.

Empty Hands, the synth EP soundtrack to the novella, Empty Hands, is now out for streaming on Bandcamp.

Stay tuned. Follow along on Spotify! There is also a growing extended Thirteenth Hour playlist on Spotify with a growing number of retro 80s songs.

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As always, thanks for listening!

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