Redemption
Ending the music for Women & Meth has been challenging for me. The music for the most part was completed over a month before writing this. I really wanted to make sure that I concluded as best as I could.
As I revisited Women & Meth (Intro) for Women & Meth (Reprise), I felt there was another song that I wanted to revisit. The ending section of Anonymous Hate – Tribute included male vocals. I explained in that statement that I was very cautious about the inclusion of male vocals being used a woman’s story, as it didn’t feel appropriate to me. I included them in the Tribute section of the song, as it was used for the story of the young man who died.
While Tribute has been one of my favourite compositions, I felt that I may have slightly unbalanced the songs by having male vocals in the one song without a female voice in any of the other songs. I was thinking about this a lot while trying to figure out how to conclude the music and working on Women & Meth (Reprise). I realized sometime during the recording of that song that I wanted to revisit Tribute and use a woman’s voice for the song. I decided to ask my friend Tausha if she was interested in singing on the song, which she graciously accepted. Once I felt that (Reprise) was completed, I got set to work on recording Tausha’s vocals for the song. I felt the rest of the song would need a bit of a rework as well, as it was going to the concluding piece.
Having the female presence of vocals was great and her voice was beautiful on the song. I felt it was the piece I was missing for the conclusion and that I was near completion. I recorded some electric guitars to add a new atmosphere to the song as well as a drum track. I left the song alone for over a month after that, listening to it often feeling that it needed just a little more. I have recently revisited it and added some finishing touches to the song and feel that it is complete.
I have titled the song Redemption as I felt it was something I really wanted to make sure I brought out of Jill’s interviews. She spoke of hurting a lot of people from her addictions. Perhaps the most hurt from the experience were her older children. She spoke of having a second chance at life, and at becoming a mother. She had most of her children with her, and at the time of the interviews, she was slowly working at reconciling with her oldest daughter. These images of a second chance at life and reconciling with her family are what I wanted to capture the feeling of with the music. With the female vocals, I felt the song is also a tribute to Jill.
I am left with one small musical debate; I do not know if Women & Meth (Reprise) or Redemption is the final song in the play order. If it were like a film, I feel like Redemption would be the song to come up right away during the credits, leaving a strong impression and ending with (Reprise). However, musically, I feel it could be the other way around, ending with Redemption as the final piece. I suppose their final order isn’t the most important thing, but I leave Redemption as my final piece of my song compositions for Women & Meth.
Ending the music for Women & Meth has been challenging for me. The music for the most part was completed over a month before writing this. I really wanted to make sure that I concluded as best as I could.
As I revisited Women & Meth (Intro) for Women & Meth (Reprise), I felt there was another song that I wanted to revisit. The ending section of Anonymous Hate – Tribute included male vocals. I explained in that statement that I was very cautious about the inclusion of male vocals being used a woman’s story, as it didn’t feel appropriate to me. I included them in the Tribute section of the song, as it was used for the story of the young man who died.
While Tribute has been one of my favourite compositions, I felt that I may have slightly unbalanced the songs by having male vocals in the one song without a female voice in any of the other songs. I was thinking about this a lot while trying to figure out how to conclude the music and working on Women & Meth (Reprise). I realized sometime during the recording of that song that I wanted to revisit Tribute and use a woman’s voice for the song. I decided to ask my friend Tausha if she was interested in singing on the song, which she graciously accepted. Once I felt that (Reprise) was completed, I got set to work on recording Tausha’s vocals for the song. I felt the rest of the song would need a bit of a rework as well, as it was going to the concluding piece.
Having the female presence of vocals was great and her voice was beautiful on the song. I felt it was the piece I was missing for the conclusion and that I was near completion. I recorded some electric guitars to add a new atmosphere to the song as well as a drum track. I left the song alone for over a month after that, listening to it often feeling that it needed just a little more. I have recently revisited it and added some finishing touches to the song and feel that it is complete.
I have titled the song Redemption as I felt it was something I really wanted to make sure I brought out of Jill’s interviews. She spoke of hurting a lot of people from her addictions. Perhaps the most hurt from the experience were her older children. She spoke of having a second chance at life, and at becoming a mother. She had most of her children with her, and at the time of the interviews, she was slowly working at reconciling with her oldest daughter. These images of a second chance at life and reconciling with her family are what I wanted to capture the feeling of with the music. With the female vocals, I felt the song is also a tribute to Jill.
I am left with one small musical debate; I do not know if Women & Meth (Reprise) or Redemption is the final song in the play order. If it were like a film, I feel like Redemption would be the song to come up right away during the credits, leaving a strong impression and ending with (Reprise). However, musically, I feel it could be the other way around, ending with Redemption as the final piece. I suppose their final order isn’t the most important thing, but I leave Redemption as my final piece of my song compositions for Women & Meth.