For Orchestra #8 : Marc Cohn ‘Walking in Memphis’
“Put on my blue suede shoes, and I boarded the plane”
This song was at the request of Leo Laporte back while I was on Twit.TV at Blogworld last year. I asked him what his favorite song was, and he mentioned Marc Cohn ‘Walking in Memphis’. But this was at the beginning of my journey of this ‘For Orchestra’ idea, so I told him I was going to do something cool with it. While there I met Tony Wang, who is awesome. Like me, he rides motorcycles, so I just KNEW right away he was cool, haha
Buy It!I liked the opening lyrics of this piece because it reminds me of setting off on a journey. Putting on your shoes and boarding a plane, to me, refers to tackling a dream you always wanted to do. Acting on the impulse, getting ready for the trip, and not looking back.
The arrangement of this piece was extremely difficult – perhaps the most difficult one I’ve done so far. There was an issue with the tempo, and then the arrangement of the original. The guitar part was difficult to hear at times, which didn’t translate itself easily to be arranged for orchestra. Then there was also the vocals, which were extremely loose in rhythm, thereby making this difficult to ‘line up the beat’. I’m happy how it turned out though! Leo is awesome, be sure to check out his show!
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