Over the years there have been so may epics… ‘Borderline’ is another classic that builds and ebbs and flows and sounds wonderful. I’m struck for a moment that this may be the final ‘final’ track on a Magnum album. ![]() I first head Magnum before I was a teenager and their music has been with me ever since. Penultimate track: ‘I Wanna Live’ is the contrast that Magnum do so well, gently building and full of light – almost yearing, it’s all the positive energy you could muster in a song of hope and one of my real standouts here along with the singles and the opener.Ĭloser ‘Borderline’ brings me to a standstill again. It’s clearly a reflection of the world today, of conflict, of destruction and stark and powerful as anything that has come before. ‘Broken City’ feels dark and cold, despondent and mournful and you can’t help but feel the picture of despair painted by Clarkin’s words and Bob’s vocal. A real highlight on this album!” You can’t help but agree! The recordings were great fun, especially the moment when Chris’s sax took the lead and my guitar responded. The second single ‘The Seventh Darkness’ though is just like the Magnum we all love and now but with a twist:Īs Tony said: “ (There’s) some awesome brass sections courtesy of guest musicians Chris ‘BeeBe’ Aldridge (saxophone) and Nick Dewhurst (trumpet), which lend the song brilliance and shape. Songs like ‘The Day He Lied’ may lyrically be less open to interpretation but are just as powerful. I’ve always found that part of the real charm of Magnum’s lyrics – the elemental nature and the universal themes all set in the unique world Clarkin created. So I’m sort of protective about explaining the meaning of songs that I’ve written because it can actually spoil a person’s enjoyment of the song, better that they find their own meaning in it.” Clarkin: “ Over the years hearing maybe some records that were my favourite songs at the time and then only much later did I ever discover that the meaning of the song was totally different to what I thought it was. “ I thought this would give me more time to do it, but I found it harder to get into a writing mindset when I was being interrupted by preparing for live shows.”Īs far as subject matter is concerned, he doesn’t have a hangup with any particular topic but takes inspiration from all sorts of places. Master’s thesis, NSW Conservatorium of Music, 2001-2002.Clarkin spent more time writing this album because the tour getting delayed due to Covid split his normal writing time into two sections. ![]() “Bi-tone Techniques and Notation in Contemporary Guitar Music Composition”. Manuscript paper is also available for drum notation and guitar tabulature. A manuscript is made up of lines and spaces, and these lines and space have their names depending on the staves (bass or treble). ![]() English, or just music paper) is paper preprinted with staves ready for musical notation. Manuscript paper (sometimes staff paper in U.S. Some manuscript paper is pre-printed with notational elements such as system brackets, braces, clefs, bar lines, and instrumental designations. JSTOR ( January 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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