Track 6: We are going to be friends (aiff)
The wedding party has now left the building. The audience is still locked in their seats. Even after we had stopped playing. Fortunately, we were prepared for this; the audience’s exit music was “We are going to be friends” by The White Stripes. Right when we started this song, people got the cue and left the church hall. I don’t know what made them want to leave. But they did. We liked leaving the audience with the sentiment that we are all gonna be friends. The White Stripes are a two piece band: a guitarist and a drummer. In the church for this arrangement, I played the guitar part while Mike played the vocals on his guitar. For this album, similar in spirit to the previous track, I played both tracks. I used a Fender Strat Ultra to mimic the vocal track and an old Martin acoustic for rhythm. A percussive egg replaces the song’s four on the floor snare drum rim shot. And as this song came to a close, Mike and I were left in an empty church. After a brief pause, there was a high five.
