In the week commencing 18 July 2011, 'Somebody That I Used To Know' debuted at number 27 on the ARIA Singles Chart. I guess the balance of sounds taken from records and samples I created myself is perhaps 50-50.' The arrangement of 'Somebody' is reflective of me moving towards using sounds that provide me with inspiration for a texture or a platform for an idea, and then through sonic manipulation and coming up with original melodies and harmonic ideas to make it my own. So the third session was all about writing the female part and changing the perspective. But nothing felt like it was strong enough. I considered repeating the chorus, an instrumental bridge, a change in tempo or key, I even considered finishing the song after the first chorus. I was thinking: 'This is pretty good, how can I get to the end really quickly?' and I was trying to take lazy decisions to finish the song. After that, I took a break, and a few weeks later I came back to the session and decided on the chorus chord progression, wrote the chorus melody, and combined that with sounds like the Latin loop and some of the percussion and the flute sounds that further filled the space. I started with the Luiz Bonfa sample, then I found the drums, and after that I started working on the lyric and the melody, and added the wobbly guitar-sample melody. 'Writing 'Somebody' was a gradual and linear process.
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