Creating the Intro to 'Summer Breeze' by Seals & Crofts

ALEXA PLAY SUMMER BREEZE BY SEALS & CROFTS

[onecooldude]

One of those songs that immediately takes you back through the years...

[parkwood]

Summer Breeze, one of my favorite songs of all time.

[jefflundgren]

I hear the toy piano, and it always makes me smile 😊

[isabeldelvillar-vbfb]

I love Summer Breeze, is one of My favorita song of The 70's.

[josephballerini]

I was curious about that as you can recognize it as a unique tone.

[patriciahall]

I love summer breeze especially the line and I come home from a hard day's work and you're waiting there, not a care in the world a beautiful penned song 🇨🇦

[Dee-xf]

I had one of those little pianos. I begged my mom to buy me the the album when I was nine. I picked out that part on the little piano to play along with the record. That album and Diamond Girl made a huge impact on me musically. And they still both stand up.

[seanwatson]

Grew up on the Isley Brother's cover of Summer Breeze. Didnt hear the original until my teens. One of the few covered songs that hits me just as hard with both versions.

[thedudefromuncle]

If I don't hear that song for awhile I forget how good it is

[catguy]

Love to play that song at the beginning of each summer. Intro is so memorable.

[sparkplugrecs.official]

"you had to invent it" - goat

[thegee-tahguy]

Great intro, which I love to play. Diamond Girl's opening is no slouch either. I am, however, almost 100% sure duct tape on a Steinway is illegal in the lower 48, but of course you have to get caught doing it. Nice innovative way to make these boys famous forever! Thanks for your genius.

[Sterlingheadset]

Alternative version. While working with the spouse of one of their working band members I was told that the bass player wrote those ten notes. She was emphatic about it.

[kirbyd]

I always thought they tripled a glockenspiel guitar and trumpet to get that sound. Such a good song

[gutshotgriz]

Imagine that…working with actual sound to create a unique sound. Audio engineering is an ART form that goes far beyond the mixing board.

[wirelessguyny]

I’d have to go back and listen again but wasn’t it played on Mandolin?

[soniasouza]

Beautiful Song wonderful excellent: Summer breeze 🎹🎸🎤

[danquinnell]

You didn’t have plug ins…. You HAD to create. Thats the answer to how we are now here…. Plug ins.

[JohnRabeGoogle]

Didn’t Clarence McDonald play keyboards on that tune?

[jimo]

Ah, the time when music had to be played by actual musicians, unlike today where the computer is the musician, and the band can't play anything without it.