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TB-303?

Is it true that a Roland TB-303 was used for the A# note being played throughout the song? SquareShot97 03:19, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Musical inspiration for Ray of Light

Wish For Eden's song "Don't Know" which was released several years before Ray Of Light features a 'shockingly' similar song arrangement, both in terms of tempo, note progressions, etc. (see [1] ). William Orbit appears to be responsible for the Madonna arrangement but it's not clear where his inspiration came from for this track.

The bible says that there's nothing new under the sun, so it could be a amazing coincidence ( but I'm a doubting Thomas on this one).

Danielebush 21:19, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Release dates for Ray of Light

It wasn't released in april, the correct release dates are: Europe: May 21, 1998 / Japan: May 29, 1998 / USA: June 23, 1998 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.33.222.192 (talk) 19:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of the song

I found this posted in a forum:

"Sepheryn was written by CLIVE Muldoon and Dave Curtiss (Curtiss Muldoon was the name they recorded it under, as a duo). It was later re-written by Muldoon's niece, Christine Leach, who re-titled it Ray of Light. After he and Madonna bought the rights to the track, William Orbit...erm, did whatever William Orbit does...then Madge did a bit of an overhaul on the lyrics to turn it into the song we know today. Phew. That's why all five are credited as co-writers." - littleoldme

Can someone who has authoritative knowledge substantiate this and add it to the article? I think it is relevant and interesting. 90.184.25.59 (talk) 19:24, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone made a similar post on the youtube page for the Curtiss Maldoon version, saying that Leach had performend it in London, before the Madonna version. The poster says "Check out Christine Leach's and David Atkins websites", but I can find no such sites. Meowy 00:19, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Christine Leach version is mentioned here. http://www.purplerecords.net/sepheryn/sepheryn.htm Then, in 1997 their song "Sepheryn" was re-recorded by Christine Leach, Clive's niece. Christine worked for a time with Madonna's creative co-worker, William Orbit. "I had always loved Dave and Clive's work. "Sepheryn" had a dream-like quality to it; that's how I always heard it - as a dream. I rewrote the chorus melody, removed a few bits - it was a kind of jam, really." Madonna heard Christine's reworked "Sepheryn", and raved about it. The rest is history. (The bit in quotations are the words of Christine Leach, not William Orbit). It is a record company website, so I think it would be suitable as a source. Meowy 01:38, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. Thanks for the update Meowy. — Legolas (talk2me) 14:45, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]