Sci-Fi Song #15: Leodora

Leodora.mp3

Sci-Fi Song #15 was inspired by the Shadowbridge/Lord Tophet duology by Gregory Frost. This song is sung from the point of view of Diverus, the main character's musical accompanist. To learn more about Shadowbridge and Lord Tophet, check out these great reviews at the following blogs:

• OF Blog of the Fallen
  
• Fantasy Book Critic
  
• Neth Space
  
• Graeme's Fantasy Book Review

Leodora
by John Anealio

Diverus is my name, we're here to entertain you

I play the shawm while Lea works her puppets

We perform our show everywhere we go

But we're running from the agents of Lord Tophet

Can we live happily ever after walking span to span?

Leodora, don't cry.

Leodora, don't walk away.

Leodora, don't cry

Leodora, don't walk away from me now.

Bardsham was her father, Leandra was her mother

but Soter raised her since she was a baby

She wears a painted mask, she says her name is Jax

now she's the only woman who can save me

Can we live happily ever after walking span to span?

Chorus

Here are some of the tools that I used to record the track:

1. Martin Acoustic Guitar in Standard Tuning with a Capo at the 4th Fret for the strummed parts and the backwards arpeggios in the first verse, in Drop D tuning with a capo at the 4th fret for the finger-picking part in the second verse.
   
2. G&L ASAT Telecaster-style Electric Guitar in Standard tuning with a capo at the 2nd fret.
3. Fender Stratocaster for the backwards guitar solo.
4. Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar in open A tuning (EAEAC#E) for the slide guitar solo.
   
5. Washburn Bass Guitar
6. Rode NT-3 microphone (to record the acoustic guitar and my vocals)
7. Apple Logic Pro 8 recording software
   1. The EXS24 Sampler and EVB3 software instrument plug-ins for the piano, organ, and choir sounds.
   2. Logic's included compressor, delay, and reverb plug-ins
   3. The electric guitar parts were recorded through Logic's Guitar Amp Pro plug-in
   4. The drum parts were created using Beta Monkey's Drum Werks V loop collection

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