Summit of the Deer

This one started with a decision to avoid the G-major tonic that I've been writing lately, so I started with a figure in A major to shake things up a bit, beginning with the first center-panned figure you hear. After writing some responses to that, I thought to try something I'd seen Ronald Jones (ex-Flaming Lips) doing in an old in-studio video: rather than using a slide on the third or fourth finger, he was using it on the first or second finger, and using third and fourth fingers to play notes above it. That bit starts at 1:14, panned center. It's not dramatically microtonal, but gains a bit of resonance from the vibrating string on the other side of the slide. Kind of cool, and I'd want to explore this more. (This section, though, does have G as a tonal center. The gravitational pull is substantial.) This one's three tracks of PureSalem Mendiola, with a touch of send to a convolution reverb, and the usual compressor/eq/limiter chain on the stereo buss. There's something lullaby-like about this one. We've been through a lot, and it's important to take care of ourselves. The title comes from the meaning of the peak Mullaghanish, which has an elevation of 649m.