Technique

Background

"Technique" was a song written by Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn. The track was build around strings and bells from "Three Coins In The Fountain", the fifth track on Rendezvous In Rome by The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra.

The "Short" on the title implies that there was a longer version of this instrumental at some point. Part of this longer version can be heard on the LP Underground 7 exclusive video "Glorious Excess Born".

A full-length demo of the song was leaked in June 2019, but it is different from the version in the LPU video, being only the beat without live instrumentation. Coming in around two and a half minutes, it says the line "you must exercise the proper technique" over and over throughout the demo. There is a sample of an unknown origin in the track that says "molba sekiya."

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Technique (Short)	Hybrid Theory EP	0:40	1999	1999	Samples The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra's "Three Coins In The Fountain".
Technique (Short)	Hybrid Theory EP (Re-Issue) Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)	0:40	1999	November 19, 2001	Remastered. Sounds louder than the original release.
Rendezvo	Hybrid Party Of A Thousand Things	2:25	1999		Original long version. Released on LPLive for free download on August 5, 2019.

Personnel

• Rob Bourdon
• Joseph Hahn
• Kyle Christner
• Brad Delson
• Chester Bennington
• Mike Shinoda

Production

• Produced and mixed by Mike Shinoda
• Mastered by Pat Kraus

Lyrics

You must exercise the proper technique...

You must exercise the proper technique
You must exercise the proper technique
You must exercise the proper technique
You must exercise the proper technique

Molba sekiya

You must exercise the proper technique
You must exercise the proper technique
You must exercise the proper technique
You must exercise the proper technique