'Broken' was put together in 2019. The guitar parts were actually internally recorded in the 1980's and I had them floating around for years. They came together when I had a mixture of medieval music I had been listening to and U2's beautiful song 'Tomorrow' somehow give me the idea to bring all the parts together in a spontaneous way. It is not as tight as initially planned because I was quite busy and decided to finish the sucker off quickly.
The title 'Broken' came about from where I was at the time of writing and so it was sort of therapeutic as well; as is a lot of the music I write. I could have used the title "I feel like crap" or 'Why don't you just shoot me now" but "Broken" seemed portrays the music which is most important to me in the long run.
This tune is a bit of an excursion for me in that I use the main theme but then run off in (gasp) not pop. Before you get worried, it's just an experiment in where I could repeat the theme but stretch it out in a more classical way, in repeating a theme and playing with it in different ways.
Here's a short visual explanation of how I put it together. Hope you music nerds enjoy it! Blessings. Tim Oestmann
