![]() And I looked around, and everyone in my family was there. I mean, that's just the only word you can use to describe it. SCHMIDT: And it was - I don't know - like, those moments in your life that are just so happy. We took the floor and she said, oh, don't you dare look back. WALK THE MOON: (Singing) She took my arm. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SHUT UP AND DANCE ") SIMON: So Meg Schmidt pulled her stiff-upper-lip family into the middle of the dancefloor. SCHMIDT: I was just like, no, this is my moment here. SIMON: Of course, the Flower family followed, but the Schmidt's stayed seated until. And he was smiling like nothing in the world. SIMON: Meg began to move, three steps to the right, to clap and twist, then she was jumping. WALK THE MOON: (Singing) We were victims of the night. SCHMIDT: The dancing started and then my father-in-law was actually the DJ so he kind of waited for the right time and he started "Shut Up And Dance." They rehearsed for weeks and at the wedding reception. She could plan a dance that included her that she could use to surprise Nathan. He loved me, and he loved dancing, and he wanted to dance with me on our wedding day. And Nathan was really kind of disappointed. SCHMIDT: And one of the things I said is like, you know, I'm a little uncomfortable dancing and, you know, I just - I'm not sure how I feel about that. SIMON: That difference became a problem as Meg and Nathan planned their own wedding. And that's his immediate family, his aunts, his uncles, even his grandpa. SCHMIDT: They go to a wedding - they are dancing from the instant the music starts to the time the night ends. Kind of have a stiff upper lip, just yeah, very kind of serious thinkers. And the joke that we always make is that we are very German. MEG SCHMIDT: I think you could say that we maybe are a little shy. Schmidt's were the kind of people who heard dance music and tapped their toes as they sat. They loved each other but knew their families were different. She heard it everywhere in 2015 as she got ready for her wedding to Nathan Flower (ph). SIMON: "Shut Up And Dance" by Walk The Moon. WALK THE MOON: (Singing) Oh don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me. Thanks again to Eli Maiman from Walk the Moon for sharing his sounds with us.Meg Schmidt's signature song is a Top 40 track that could have been written for her. Like the presets? Make a few tweaks of your own? Post your feedback in the comment section, and please share suggestions of presets you’d like to see from us in the future. The images below shows the knob settings and parameters that Eli uses for “Different Colors.” These are both awesome presets and we encourage you try them out on your TimeLine!ĭownload Eli Maiman’s “Dance” and load it into your TimeLine.ĭownload Eli Maiman’s “Color 1” and load it into your TimeLine.ĭownload Eli Maiman’s “Color 2” and load it into your TimeLine. Here, I use them to create a weird, kind of off-balance effect. As wonderful and delicious as tempo-locked delays are, I’ve found that occasionally out of time repeats can sound really hip and fresh. COLOR1 is a slapback setting that I use in conjunction with a the verse, and the chorus.įor the intro and pre-chorus (the “this is why, this is why…” part), I actually use a tape delay that’s actually set faster than the song’s tempo, a setting I creatively call COLOR2. I have two settings that I use for “Different Colors,” which is the first track on the new album. The image below shows the knob settings and parameters that Eli uses for “Shut Up and Dance.” Dial them up on your TimeLine and try this preset out! Live, I’m the only one playing guitar, so I approximate this effect by using a digital delay set to dotted eighth repeats, which Kevin supports by playing muted 16th notes high on one of his bass strings. We found that the combination of these two sounds resulted in a really exciting, U2-inspired vibe. This ‘helicopter’ sound, as we refer to it, is thickened with a dotted eighth note delay set with a relatively even mix of dry to wet signal. The other guitar is just playing 16th notes on muted strings. This guitar is playing the arpeggio of the main riff. The first is a guitar hitting an amp just at the verge of break-up, which is where I usually like to live. ![]() This edition of This Week’s Preset is brought to you by Eli Maiman from Walk the Moon, who shares three different TimeLine presets that can be heard on Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” and “Different Colors.” A big thanks to Eli for sending in these presets - we know you’ll dig them!įor the intro, we actually used two guitar parts.
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