Recorded in the first months of the pandemic, "Can't Go Back" was one of two songs penned by myself for the collaboration EP STOCKHOLM, recorded with Los Angeles artist Importer. As we were quarantined in different states at the time, the collaborative process was very much one filled with Dropbox shares, emails, and note-filled phone calls.
When writing this piece, I wanted to convey a tone change through the composition and structure of the song itself. I had played with the melody on the piano in the weeks preceding its writing, and as I worked with the song on Logic Pro X, it gradually grew into the work it is today. While many of the songs in the EP were more collaborative, this piece came together largely in my own bedroom sessions as I built out each section.
Importer had the great idea of adding acoustic guitar and hand claps in the sing-song interludes of the second section and inspired a more dynamic bass line for the outro. He also crafted one of my favorite parts, the swirling synth intro that kicks off the piece. I tended to the other instrumentation, beat creation, and filter effects, essentially seeing how much I could get away with at home.
Our mixing engineer had his work cut out for him, but we ended up with a lovely and strange end product that reflected our feelings about the world at the time. "Can't Go Back" is a song I'm greatly proud of, both in its compositional elements as well as a showcase of the possibilities for production in dire circumstances. music vocal musicproducer musicproduction guitarist keyboardist pianist singer songwriter singersongwriter lyricist percussion arranger composer musiccomposer leadvocal backingvocals…Recorded in the first months of the pandemic, "Can't Go Back" was one of two songs penned by myself for the collaboration EP STOCKHOLM, recorded with Los Angeles artist Importer. As we were quarantined in different states at the time, the collaborative process was very much one filled with Dropbox shares, emails, and note-filled phone calls.
When writing this piece, I wanted to convey a tone change through the composition and structure of the song itself. I had played with the melody on the piano in the weeks preceding its writing, and as I worked with the song on Logic Pro X, it gradually grew into the work it is today. While many of the songs in the EP were more collaborative, this piece came together largely in my own bedroom sessions as I built out each section.
Importer had the great idea of adding acoustic guitar and hand claps in the sing-song interludes of the second section and inspired a more dynamic bass line for the outro. He also crafted one of my favorite parts, the swirling synth intro that kicks off the piece. I tended to the other instrumentation, beat creation, and filter effects, essentially seeing how much I could get away with at home.
Our mixing engineer had his work cut out for him, but we ended up with a lovely and strange end product that reflected our feelings about the world at the time. "Can't Go Back" is a song I'm greatly proud of, both in its compositional elements as well as a showcase of the possibilities for production in dire circumstances. music vocal musicproducer musicproduction guitarist keyboardist pianist singer songwriter singersongwriter lyricist percussion arranger composer musiccomposer leadvocal backingvocalsWW…