The majority of chord changes for this one were from a piece I was working on for solo performance. I decided to give it to the band. Cav gave it the lyric and vocal melody. As usual, we band members put our heads together to work out the actual arrangement and wrote in some extra stuff, such as the bass breakdown section. This song has the potential for epic quality once we get down to it in the studio. I'm looking forward to recording it. I went through quite the process of trying to figure out how to solo through the chromatic chord changes, Bb9 -- Ami7 -- Ab9 -- Gmi7 -- Gb9 -- F6/9 -- Ab9 -- C11. It's a crazy progression. Funnily enough, I realized it's easy enough to solo through using basic Blues principles. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ui5g6W0dc

The whole secret to this entire system can be summed up by the term "Key Blending." This is a very specific form of blending keys together and is by no means arbitrary. To successfully use this System, a two-step process is used to arrive at two separate keys: our original key (the 'umbrella key') and the key we derive from it (the 'switched key.") - 2:34 The Basic Principle of this System - 4:24 Blending the I, IV and V of the two extracted keys of A and C - 5:16 Improvising A Minor Pentatonic against the I, IV and V of A and C - 7:48 The Who, 'See Me, Feel Me,' pt. 1 unpacked - 8:41 The Who, 'See Me, Feel Me, pt. 2 unpacked - 10:18 The Kinks, 'All Day and All of the Night,' unpacked - 14:51 Nirvana, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' unpacked - 15:51 The PR Switch in Jazz, 'the Tad Dameron Turnaround' - 16:49 Two new terminologies in this System, The Umbrella Key & The Switched Key - 17:11 The PR Switch in Jazz, Hiromi's 'Drifters' - 18:02 What's coming up next? I am 1000% certain that this System is an entirely new form of musical analysis that completes the circle of Music Theory altogether. With the Parallel/Relative Switch, we now have 3 Systems by which we can confidently and surely analyze chord progressions: The Greek Modes, The Major/Minor Key System, and this System, the Parallel/Relative Switch. If you are involved in Music Theory forums, or actively discuss Music Theory with friends or musical partners, please feel free to share this material! It's completely Free and Open Source. All I ask is that you give credit where it's due: please cite me as the original source of this material. Thanks! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeV0GoUNj6E