Last week, Secondhand Serenade's John Vesely wrote his first Buzzworthy blog post, about writing "Fall For You," off his new album, A Twist In My Story.
This week, in his second Buzzworthy post, John talks about the orchestration of the album's title track and its extra-special relevance to his personal life.
"A Twist In My Story" is one of my favorite songs on the album. First off, the production is great. I always wanted to have an orchestral-based song, and I think it came together really well. I didn't really know what to do with it when we started recording. There were ideas of throwing in a full band, but I really had my heart set on keeping it simple and intimate. It needed to be acoustic-based, so I recorded the acoustic guitar track, and we sat down to start throwing ideas out. We ended up giving stings a try, and instead of keeping them in the background, we put them right up front.
This song is also very important to me because I wrote it about the day I found out I was going to be a father. It starts off with the phone call telling me the news and continues with the emotions and feelings running through my head. I wanted to make this song extremely personal and literal. I wanted to make it feel like the listener was there finding out with me.