gschmitt song: Madison

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Madison (lyrics) - gschmitt discusses this song from The Year in Pictures

“I get a lot of people asking me what this song is about. They know death is in there somewhere, but they want more of the story. It was a suicide. …and the original [fictional] name for the tune was “Alison,” but my wife said “that’s already an Elvis Costello song” and she suggested the change. It fits better. She was right….again.

Rai Torres played drums on this song, and honestly: this song wouldn’t be half of what it turned out to be if it weren’t for his drumming and his ideas. He made the song with the brushes. The transition to the hard snare groove in the second verse was something that he was adamant about from the start and once we tracked it, it was obvious why. It was like an underscore.”

- gschmitt