Nov 29, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Rusty Cage – Johnny Cash Melody A great arrangement of the Soundgarden song. I first thought Soundgarden covered a Johnny Cash song, which is a great testament to how he made this song his own. The...
Nov 15, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Señorita – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Melody A song that took months to come together, with Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello deciding to do it, not to do it, etc. I wrote out both female and...
Nov 8, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra This song was particularly challenging (a fun challenge) to arrange for a standard band, with all the orchestration involved (after all, the “O” of ELO does stand for...
Oct 31, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Cigarette Daydreams – Cage The Elephant All in all a very dense bass heavy production with lots of great keyboard sounds and layered vocals. Melody A nice multi-tracked vocal part, with the range of A2 to B4....
Oct 17, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers Melody A very funky syncopated melody, mostly between D4 and E4, but branching out into the range of F3 to E4. Some of the words are more spoken than sung...
Oct 10, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) – Breaking Down – Circles by Post Malone A few general things: In every 4th measure, there is some sort of F chord, sometimes definitely major, sometimes, kind of minor, though the vocals sing an A...
