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writer: Doug Koempel
album: Tightrope!
label: MEMENTO (BOF-65)
release date: 1989
publishing: Blue Baker Music BMI
album: Tightrope!
label: MEMENTO (BOF-65)
release date: 1989
publishing: Blue Baker Music BMI
- lead vocal and keys: Doug Koempel
- background vocals: Kevin Conner & Doug
- acoustic and electric guitar: Kevin
- keyboards: Yamaha KX-88 + Roland MKS-20; Korg M1
- drum & MIDI sequencing : Doug
- recorded at: Bird-On-Fire Recording Studio / West Union, Iowa
DOUG'S NOTES:
I've got to be honest, I don't remember what inspired "Sometime In September." But I do remember it was written in July of 1987 while at Crescent Beach Resort on Lake Okoboji in northwest Iowa.
Starting in the early '80s, Kevin and I were booked into Crescent Beach for 11 weeks (July-August) each summer for approximately 13 years. I soon found that a person can only take so much sun, fun, swimming, boating and golf before one becomes exhausted. So I began sequestering myself in the show lounge during the afternoons - literally locking the doors - so I could write some music.
I was quite prolific during those afternoon writing sessions - coming up with some of my best material. And I do recall that "Sometime In September" was among those many songs I wrote during that time period.
Pictured below are the actual lyrics written in my notebook. Usually my works-in-progress contain lots of revisions with scratched out words, added phrases and rewrites; but this one had none of that which indicates it must have come quickly.
Featuring lush, jazz harmonizations, "Sometime In September" is a dreamy ballad. I'm especially fond of the "saxophone" break played on my trusty Korg M1 keyboard.
NOTE: For you musicians, listen closely for the harp part (at 2:39) leading into the last chorus. That was actually an ascending glissando played on the black keys of my Yamaha KX-88 keyboard hooked up to a TX7 sound module. Sounds like a real harp to me!
Starting in the early '80s, Kevin and I were booked into Crescent Beach for 11 weeks (July-August) each summer for approximately 13 years. I soon found that a person can only take so much sun, fun, swimming, boating and golf before one becomes exhausted. So I began sequestering myself in the show lounge during the afternoons - literally locking the doors - so I could write some music.
I was quite prolific during those afternoon writing sessions - coming up with some of my best material. And I do recall that "Sometime In September" was among those many songs I wrote during that time period.
Pictured below are the actual lyrics written in my notebook. Usually my works-in-progress contain lots of revisions with scratched out words, added phrases and rewrites; but this one had none of that which indicates it must have come quickly.
Featuring lush, jazz harmonizations, "Sometime In September" is a dreamy ballad. I'm especially fond of the "saxophone" break played on my trusty Korg M1 keyboard.
NOTE: For you musicians, listen closely for the harp part (at 2:39) leading into the last chorus. That was actually an ascending glissando played on the black keys of my Yamaha KX-88 keyboard hooked up to a TX7 sound module. Sounds like a real harp to me!
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