"She" was quite an interesting song. Demian is into funk-blues stuff which leans somewhat towards a jazzy feel. He supplied the recordings for the vocals and acoustic guitar accompaniment.
Initially I attempted to replace the guitar with an electric guitar, and added a few other supporting instruments, but soon found that the original guitar contained such a rich rhythm, that I just had to keep it. And Demian does not like click tracks, and I agree that in this case the human feel is what made it work. It complicated things a bit in some sections in the arrangement though, as there was a little (and expected) drift in the timing.
I then again tried and added a few other instruments, more in the background this time to support the guitar, including a brush drum set, double bass, jazz organ and of course my tenor sax.
I played the sax using a very breathy style, to keep things mellow, since the vocals and guitar was what was important here and needed to stay in focus.
I think the track came out nice, Demian's guitar work made it sound impressive. A lot is going on with that actually, as it was originally done in mind to represent a full rhythm section live, only acoustic guitar and vocals.
Since the song is not been shared yet, I need permission from Demian - but perhaps I can share a snippet here soon. Go check out what he is up to at demian.band
