Here’s our Monday music feature, today from Ben Sommer. Ben writes about his latest track, Count to Twelve, from his latest album, Super Brain:
Here’s track #9 off the new album: Count To Twelve.
This is another old one – written and largely recorded in the winter of 2002. Though it probably sounds like straight-up prog to most ears, it represented a big shift toward simplicity for me at the time. I was still getting over the intellectual hump – learned in graduate school – that my mission was to write rhythmically obtuse music, with lots of strange twists and turns. This song – though it does employ a metric modulation (look THAT one up!), and some darn funky rhythms – its still based all around a strong 4-beat groove. Very rock, and very simple.
Rabid fans of my last album americad, with its petulant, political & social sturm und drang – may be disappointing with the nonsensical and tad pretentious lyrics in Count to Twelve. Still, I throw in a few potty words – so enjoy.
Also enjoy the video here: http://bensommer.com/news/count-to-twelve.
Stay tuned for track #10 in a few days