"Occam's Razor" genre: Progressive Rock
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	One of two instrumentals on the CD. A textural piece, written in that most danceable of time signatures of 7/16. A guitar style that is part Robert Fripp and part Bert Jansch is mixed with some exotic percussion and a minimalist piano part.
	CD: Alan Burant - Occam's Razor   Label: Active Records Credits: Written by Alan Burant. Performed by Alan Burant and Scot Arrison
	Story Behind the Song I wrote this instrumental one day after a day at studying at the University of Saskatchewan. I was taking a Philosophy class and an Accounting Theory class, and, as divergent as these fields may sound, the concept of Occam's Razor was brought up in both - all in the span of a week. I felt this was some sort of sign. So, using the concept of Occam's Razor, I tried to write this instrumental - simple guitar parts which when all brought together sounds more complex than it really is. A decade later, drummer Scotty Arrison told me, "Hey man, that is in 7/16". I didn't have a clue; I just played it as I felt it. Scotty and I did the backing track in one take in the studio. Not that it was perfect, it just retained the spirit and concept of Occam's Razor. I did the piano part later and in true spirit, kept the first and only take of that as well. The piano part is so simple, yet so wierd, in how it fits in such an angular groove. Producer Barry Allen, at first not caring much for this track but later getting slightly more enthusiastic about it, said "Alan, you are one of the wierdest guys I have ever met" after laying down the piano part. I took it as a compliment. Next Scotty and I took turns grabbing odd exotic percussion and just laid down tracks y'know, just feeling it. I am very proud of this track and it remains one of my favourites on the CD. Lyrics If there were some lyrics, they would probably go something like this: Ten Nine Eight A B C Seven Six Five D E F etc etc Or something else just as profound.

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