hard rock cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence"

Here is my hard rock cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence". I arranged and recorded it in February 2016:

Recording

Arrangement Notes

I kept the famous lead melody and of course the chord changes, but treated everything else as a blank slate.

Since the song is rather repetitive, I took the approach of piling more and more harmonic material together as the song unfolds. This is especially true in the outro, where I added new material (whether a synthesizer "pad", strummed chords, power chords, or double stops) every two phrases.

The bass is interesting:  I used a combination of an arpegiator and electric bass. The arpegiator gives the main bass line. With the electric bass I added syncopation to add emphasis to the arpegiator’s output. I have long been opposed to using arpegiators, but tried it out and thought the result was too cool to pass up. I guess the trick to music composition is an open mind.

Live Performances

• 11 March 2016 at Lush Lounge in Vista, CA
• 18 March 2016 at Lush Lounge in Vista, CA
• 21 March 2016 at Mr. Peabody's in Encinitas, CA
• 2 April 2016 at the Gopher Hole north of Escondido, CA
• 7 April 2016 at Aztec Brewing Company in Vista, CA
• 10 April 2016 at the Saddle Bar in Solana Beach, CA
• 24 April 2016 at the Saddle Bar in Solana Beach, CA
• 30 April 2016 at the Transgender Day of Empowerment event in Oceanside, CA
• 15 May 2016 at the Saddle Bar in Solana Beach, CA