Q: where does your obsession with brass stabs come from
A: i've found it's the only way to play that fake trumpet that sounds any good. i used to not use that instrument at all, because i didn't think i could get anything good out of it. but in early 2015 i was doing some in depth experiments with instrument randomization (pick random instrument, THEN, you figure out (non-randomly) where in the song it fits. anywhere. beginning, end, bar 10.5 of verse 2, find a place to fit it in.) the trumpet came up, as a classic 'you're fucked' moment, but because of the nature of the experiment i was challeneged to find a spot for it, and there was one place sort of near the climax of the song, that, sure enough, it worked, played as short chord stabs. change my whole world up, and i've been using it in a similar manner ever since. usually having a tendency to find the exact only spot it would work