Hi Frances,
time to take stock I think (reply to your last post is at the bottom).
Your arpeggio made me want to do the song, I'd like to keep it. We have a problem with my chord progression. We can dump it or think of something different to do over it. This isn't as stupid as it sounds as the refrain will be sang over it.
I like the idea of the song have two tempos, but could be persuaded to increase the speed. It may make singing over it easier.
I don't like the drums going into the instrumental. They will be coming out. A continuation of the arpeggio for a bar would be interesting, especially if we do something weird with the last note as you suggested.
Liked the electric rhythm guitar. Do you fancy doing 4 recordings of the rhythm for the bridge and the last verse, the chords are on one of the demos I posted. If you can't find them I'll repost them. No lead work just yet. If you do, try different pickup selections and if you have access to amp modelling, use different amp models. You could them all on one downloadable track and I'll cut and paste, just leave enough silence between each take. The tempo is 109bpm, I don't think we need to play over the rough demos.
As I said we have a democratic band room, if you disagree just say so.
The weather's taking most of my energy, so its time for a cup of tea, methinks.
Its coming together nicely I think.
diadem
ps just seen your last post. It may be easier to play the arpeggio on keyboard, not so many weird hand shapes. The only problem would be the sustain on the last note of the introduction, but a nice grand piano would sound good.
I don't know how to do loops, so its just tapping on the keyboard for me.
No need to apologise, weird can be fun.