"West Side Drive" genre: Instrumental Rock
	lo fi play (dial-up) hi fi play (broadband) download (3.1 MB)	email track to a friend	add to My.MP3
	This is the last song I composed for my debut MP3.com CD, Balancing Act. I decided I needed something to showcase my rock side. Of course, it always has to have a twist. Satriani and Steve Morse fans, check this one out!
	MP3.com CD: Balancing Act - buy it! CD: Balancing Act Credits: 2002 Karl Archuleta
	Story Behind the Song The title for this song comes from the route I take to and from work - it skirts along the west side of town, just on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. The solo section (no, I don't consider the whole song a solo!) and the end section have a chord structure and rhythm that I borrowed and mutated from a Broadway song - look to the title for a hint! It never sounded anything like this on Broadway, I'll bet. ------------ Musician Stuff/Production Notes Everything recorded direct - drums (MIDI soundfont), bass (MIDI soundfont), and hmm, let me count -- 8 guitar parts. Thanks also to Twiddly Bits Drums for the great 7/4 drum fills! ------------ Equipment Used: Guitar - Godin LGX-SA; Preamp/Processor - Boss GT-3; Guitar Synth - Roland GR-30; Recorded/Sequenced with Cakewalk Sonar 1.3; Bass - Sadowsky 5-string (soundfont); Drums - Blue Jay Small Ambient (soundfont); Organ - Roland SC-88 Pro (Synth Module), Creative SBLive! PC Soundcard, 450 MHz Pentium PC running Windows 98.

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).