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Episode 247 - David Paich

Sodajerker On Songwriting

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Africa for Better or Worse

I called the song Africa for better or worse. I wanted him to come up with an authentic tribal kind of beat, South African hypnotic beat. So he researched it and his dad used to play on a lot of National Geographic movies. And that's why you hear that intro on Africa is pure and adulterated Jeff. Then I came in with a little figure that reminds me of that song whenever I hear it. It never feels cluttered. You even get a synth solo in there.

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