Travis Orbin - Pete Peterson Session - “Bugz“

Pete Peterson is one of my very favorite up-and-coming artists. A mechanical engineer by day and incredible composer by night, the guy is nigh too clever for his own good. He seamlessly blends multiple genres with his own unique take on prog/metal and does quite a darn tootin’ good job. “Bugz“ earns the ’pleasurable distinction’ of being the most difficult tune (overall) that I’ve tracked to date. I rung in the New Year by slaying this beast. The intro sounds sporadic and random but a gander at the transcription will prove that all of those notes have purpose. At 3:23 there’s a tempo change; it drops to 95 BPM and increases ’linearly’--back to 116 BPM--until the end, meaning that the tempo is constantly increasing in ’real time.’ I’d never even heard of this prior to tracking the tune but was able to do it... somehow, haha. It’s important to note that a mere five days prior to this two-s