This first image of The Logical Song shows a mix of colors I saw watching a live performance.

I do not remember this song, released in 1979, or even the group Supertramp. Checking my Liked Songs playlist on Spotify (now at 2,353) I see that over the years I added four Supertramp songs: Bloody Well Right, Goodbye Stranger, Give A Little Bit and Take the Long Way Home. I added The Logical Song four days ago. In my search for my next project what probably caught my ear was this music’s chorus heard on a random Spotify playlist on the computer.

The verses for this music are mostly 8th notes. A big change occurs in the chorus. The music flow switches, adding half and whole notes that slow the music. Right away, my thinking was that those longer notes would work nice with string instruments, adding depth, volume change, and drama all under a minute. Since I am continuing with these small size projects (abhorring the thought of doing any major work) finding music that I can do a shorten cover, that is an easy listen, has nice lyrics, and is not music from the sixties, makes for a good choice for a mini project.

Scott Von Holzen