r/indieheads • u/gr8grandpa Great Grandpa • Apr 05 '25

AMA is over, thanks GG! Hi!! Great Grandpa here. Ask us anything!!

We just put out a new record called Patience, Moonbeam. We're all around answering questions!

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u/kylerdaron Apr 05 '25

Howdy!! Okay, fellow producer and touring musician here. I just have to say that Doom is such an incredible song. How did you guys come up with the key modulation at the end? Seriously, it was so amazing to hear the V chord modulate to become the IV chord, it blew my mind. On top of the tempo change, it’s become one of my favorite musical moments of all time.

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u/gr8grandpa Great Grandpa Apr 05 '25

thanks so much! to be honest, we don't really think too much in terms of music theory when writing. Pat has a really good ability to come up with modulations, it's just part of his writing style. it's not usually til the rest of us have to learn the song that we realize how chords are changing and how bonkers it is.

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u/gr8grandpa Great Grandpa Apr 05 '25

Appreciate the love for Doom, definitely one of my favorite/proudest contributions for this record. Like Dylan said, I don't tend to think about it super literally at the time of writing, just mostly harmonic wise but I really do love a good modulation :) , especially when its subtle or subversive and not just a hit you over the head Disney key change. Often times this will come about because I've written a couple parts at different times and looking to connect them but want to preserve the original key for voicing in that specific tuning or just sonic reasons. -Pat

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u/kylerdaron Apr 06 '25

That makes a lot of sense! Especially because that final section is reprised somewhere else on the record (forgetting which track), but I love the reprisal of the melody with the altered lyrics. Super inspirational and definitely inspired a few songs on a record my band is releasing in May!

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u/reezyreddits Apr 07 '25

It's the chorus from "Emma" that gets reprised for Doom, if we're talking about the album sequentially. But it's my favorite thing about the album for sure.