Delan Fernando-Foreign sounds (selected work)
Delan Fernando
Published
Foreign Sounds is about two lovers who simply went their separate ways but it
clearly left one of them sad, devastated and questioning how it ended up the way it did. But through his/her
questioning he/she comes to a conclusion, saying that it was bound to fall, and now he/she is trying to find closure and peace.
I wanted foreign sounds to be an acoustic song, I was really inspired by bon iver’s album “For Emma, Forever Ago” and I wanted my song to have that type of atmosphere to it. But after I laid down the acoustic guitars, harmonies and vocals I knew I could do something different with it.
Being a fan of shoegaze and psychedelic rock, I wanted to incorporate some of those elements to the song using my electric guitar because I thought it would bring a lot more character to it. Blending these two genres was tough but I balanced it out by keeping the song acoustic until the first pre chorus and then accenting more of the electric guitars later throughout the song.
The solo was inspired by john Frusciante, songs like “look on “and “ramparts” respectively helped me with the ending of the song. Instead of being technically proficient I tried to show as much emotion as possible while playing the solo in order to make the listener really feel. I was also inspired by his reverse guitar technique, so I used it in my solo, blending it with the song.
Drums and bass were plugins that I found in spit fire audio. In order to make the ending sound big I used
saturation on the bass and used a ride cymbal for the drums, so it sounds fuller.