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Arcade Child - Old Girl's March [Piston Quints' Queen of the Wild Mix]

from The 12 Tracks of Christmas 2016: Pure Myrrhr on the Technics by 103 Records

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A bit of context is needed for this I feel; one of Dio's dogs, Molly, very sadly had to be put down back at the beginning of November. I put together a short song for the old girl around about the time, to commemorate her passing and celebrate her life. A little before the December season got underway, Dio asked me if I could do something with the song, expand on it and whatnot. And thus, begins the long list of "funny how things work out" moments regarding this song.

Firstly, my original intent was to do this song as the 12 and final track for this year- y'know, something sentimental to close out the album. Then, in the midst of planning out another song for the album, the drum machine beats and central bassline that make up this interpretation of the track popped into my head, and I had to get them down. Secondly, throughout the composing process, the melody from a previous Piston Quints track- Summer's End- kept entering my head, prompting me to sneak a little of into the song at a couple of points. Initially I thought this was down to a slight similarity between the chords of Old Girl's March and Summer's End off the top of my head, but no... it was because I was actually reusing the chords from yet another older Piston Quints track- I Wish You All The Very Best, the track that closed out the 2013 Christmas album. Granted, the chords from I Wish You All The Very Best and Old Girl's March are very similar, and... gah, confusing. Point being, this kinda wound up as an accidental amalgamation of three Piston Quints tracks because I am a very forgetful boy.

As one final "funny how things work out", work on this song went smooth as butter. It went very quickly, was entirely free of tech issues/mostly free of stress, and the piece come out pretty much as it did in my brain. A complete 180 on the eternal nightmare that Track 2 gave me. And- if I can bolster my own ego for a moment- I am immensely proud of how the Violins in the last section of the song came out.

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from The 12 Tracks of Christmas 2016: Pure Myrrhr on the Technics, released December 31, 2016
composed by Decon Theed

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