Written and recorded 2010
Oh the joys of naming songs. While I wrote the riff for this song, I couldn't stop visualizing one of those bouncy balls with the big red star, then stripes of blue and yellow...which reminds me of a clown. But the way the synth sounded, it reminded me of an old school NES or Gameboy game...not sure why that equals the shine part of the title. But there you have that little gem.
- I count the riff as one progression despite having three different sounding sections to it. There's the minor riff, major riff, then the turnaround. They flow into each other and one isn't meant to be there without the other.
- This is an incomplete sketch, but it's one of my favorite nuggets that came from this time. I always wanted it to grow to something more.
- Even in this minute and half I wanted it to build. Truth be told, I looped the badass synth and drums. I think I could only play the whole riff once without messing up, so I cheated. Whoops.
- I took one or two passes at a guitar part/solo, so this is how far I got. There's definitely potential there, but I peak too early I think.
- This is just so busy, I could never figure out anything else to go over it or follow it. Perhaps it would have been a good NES soundtrack that endlessly repeats until you beat the level. The game Wizards and Warriors had that. It was both fantastic and terrible at the same time.
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