Most of the tracks on this site are either: 

• Brand new – created start to finish in the preceding week, or
• The fulfilment of ideas I’d had but, formed into a complete piece. (Anyone familiar with producing dance music will be familiar with 8-bar loops: snippets of music that may well sound great, but where all the hard work lies ahead of them. Many will have more of these than they could ever hope to complete. I am no exception.)

This track is one a few that stem from a track I already completed. In this case I wrote I want to be Free well over 10 years ago. The production isn’t great, but I did love the idea and always wanted to make it shine a little more. 

For this week I have taken some of its ideas and created a new, progressive, stripped back version.

In a future week I’d also like to produce a more uplifting version, with all the original arpeggios and melody. 

Re-shaping old ground

I’m also tempted to have another go at mixing the original version but keeping all the same elements. It would be interesting to see whether I can improve it.

I’ve actually tried something like this before on a different track, and confess that it was a profound disappointment. I approached in an arrogant and overly confident fashion: of course I’m a stronger producer now; I’ll lick this into shape in no time. I was unimpressed by both the finish result, which managed to sound worse than the original, and my attitude. If I do it again it will be with love, care and humility.