Deconstructing "Hole In The World" Pt.1

We thought it might be interesting to show how we go from initial song idea to demo and, eventually, to the finished track. First, take a listen to the finished song:

Hole in the World by Killing Thursby

Originally, Hole In The World started as just a title. That title then became the basis for the lyrics that followed. At that point, Scott worked out a melody and chord progression for the song. Below is the first demo version of Hole In The World. Most of our songs started off as simple demos like this one:

"Hole In The World" Demo 1

As you can hear, the basic idea of the song was the same but a lot changed between the demo and the final version. One of the big changes was to up the tempo; the finished song is much faster!

The demo above was then dumped into Logic Pro, a computer program for music creation. It was at this point that the tempo was raised and additional instrument parts were added to flesh out the song. The overall song structure also started to take shape. A middle or "change" section of the song was added. At this point, all of the instruments and vocals were just temporary. Take a listen to the song at this state:

"Hole In The World" Demo 2

At this point the song sounds pretty similar to the final track. Early in the creation process the songs change a lot from version to version but, once the song starts to take shape, the changes are more subtle. However, there's still a long way to go from the above version to the finished song!

Check back soon for Part 2! In a follow-up blog we'll show later incarnations and talk more about how the song continued to change.