I woke up this morning and fell out of bed.
The Blake Snell signing coupled with the news of Renel Brooks-Moon’s departure as the culmination of a loud and long winter had me thinking of, or feeling, the glissando that bridges John Lennon’s moody “I’d love to turn you on…” to Paul McCartney’s boyish and bright alarm clock ringing in The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life”.
An orchestra was instructed by producer George Martin to play through their instrument’s range of notes, lowest to highest over 24 bars with reference notes to guide their semi-improvised ascent.