Ned Selfe

Orbital Decay

Credits
Lyric Credits: N/A
Music Credits: Ned Selfe
Producer Credits: Ned Selfe
Publisher Credits: Selfe Service Music/BMI
Performance Credits: Ned Selfe - dobro, pedal steel, e-bow, steel/MIDI, synthesizers, percusssion.
Label Credits: Selfe Service Records SSR 1111
Description
Short Song Description:
ethereal space jam building to climax and then receding.
Long Song Description:
spacey steel guitars, infectious chiff voice driven groove with percussion, constantly evolving and mutating.
Story Behind the Song:
I noticed the term orbital decay used in a novel, and I thought it applied to a groove/melody I had been playing around with. The concept of an orbiting body slowly losing it's velocity and inevitably crashing into a planet seemed liked an excellent metap
Metadata
Song Length: 6:07
Primary Genre: Electronic-Experimental
Secondary Genre: New Age-Contemporary
Tempo / Feel: Medium Slow (91 - 110)
Lead Vocal: Instrumental
Subject Matter 1: Change
Subject Matter 2: Stars, Planets, Space
Mood 1: On Cloud Nine
Mood 2: Affable
Similar Artist 1: Peter Gabriel
Similar Artist 2: Thomas Dolby
Language: No Language