https://soundcloud.com/thedownstream/change-your-mind
A fairly simple thing I wrote after listening to a lot of Ride recently following their reunion. I wanted to capture their something like their two part harmony vocals over some shoegaze-y guitar sounds (though they ended up a bit more early Smashing Pumpkins). I had intended to have a friend do the second vocal and play ebow guitar for the lead, so I just did some quick one-take vocals without planning the harmony part ahead of time and did some fake ebow guitar (using a volume swell vst effect) to do a temporary lead to give him the feel I was looking for. But he liked what I had done, so my original vocals and lead guitar were left. A bit of a departure for me, since I usually try to write hooky power pop type songs.