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A couple years back Derek posted on Twitter that he was offering keyboard tracks for anyone's music. Derek used my favorite synth sounds in DT and played some of my favorite parts in those songs, so I figured I was stupid to not at least look into it. I sent him a track that would have been GREAT with him on it and told him "Dude, if I hear that same 'Lines In The Sand" patch on here I'll probably have a f*cking heart attack from sheer joy."
This is what I got back- It's just a quick demo he did to see if I'd want to follow through with it.
While it was a TRIP AND A HALF to hear THAT sound played by THAT guy on one of my songs, it was a little too costly ($1000 per song) and I really needed a new bass at the time. I would have wanted to be able to give him some instructions/work with him on the part and I didn't catch the vibe that it was that kind of situation. Derek was REALLY cool though, his words about the song itself were really, really kind and just blew my mind because you could tell by the things he said that he actually listened and took the song in. If you told 16 year old Drew that Derek Sherinian would compliment me on one of my songs as I was discussing working with him, I probably would have started seizing.
This is what I got back- It's just a quick demo he did to see if I'd want to follow through with it.
While it was a TRIP AND A HALF to hear THAT sound played by THAT guy on one of my songs, it was a little too costly ($1000 per song) and I really needed a new bass at the time. I would have wanted to be able to give him some instructions/work with him on the part and I didn't catch the vibe that it was that kind of situation. Derek was REALLY cool though, his words about the song itself were really, really kind and just blew my mind because you could tell by the things he said that he actually listened and took the song in. If you told 16 year old Drew that Derek Sherinian would compliment me on one of my songs as I was discussing working with him, I probably would have started seizing.
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