Day 3 - MJLP01
After a nice little breakfast at my semi-favorite cafe we headed up to the loft for some more recording.
I did some electric guitar and vibraphone overdubs on "The Love Days" (shudder) and was very pleased.
We then re-attempted "When I'm On The Rocks," this time tracking the basic with me on piano instead of acoustic guitar and when we listened to the playback, it sounded like real music. It took much longer than I had imagined for this little pop number to come to life, but I'm beginning to really understand that it's nearly impossible to predict anything anymore, but in a good way. Threw a reference vocal and two strummy acoustic guitars on and packed that one in for the day.
We moved on to "What do you know about you?" which is just supposed to be a fun, comic relief song. I think we got it in about 5-7 takes.
Song of the day:
"Swansea" by Joanna Newsom from The Milk Eyed Mender
Joanna is the absolute real deal. This whole record is just fantastic. Her harp playing is so delightfully suprising and inventive. Granted, I don't know any other singer songwriters who write on harp, but the way she constructs her songs with the fabulous range that the instrument has to offer is kind of intimidating.
There's such a wealth of cultural reference points in her music. Western American mythology, blues, European folk music, and vivid, imaginative lyrics wrapped in a deceptively sweet package make this record a must-have.
"Watch while the freight trains pound, into the wild wild night."
I did some electric guitar and vibraphone overdubs on "The Love Days" (shudder) and was very pleased.
We then re-attempted "When I'm On The Rocks," this time tracking the basic with me on piano instead of acoustic guitar and when we listened to the playback, it sounded like real music. It took much longer than I had imagined for this little pop number to come to life, but I'm beginning to really understand that it's nearly impossible to predict anything anymore, but in a good way. Threw a reference vocal and two strummy acoustic guitars on and packed that one in for the day.
We moved on to "What do you know about you?" which is just supposed to be a fun, comic relief song. I think we got it in about 5-7 takes.
Song of the day:
"Swansea" by Joanna Newsom from The Milk Eyed Mender
Joanna is the absolute real deal. This whole record is just fantastic. Her harp playing is so delightfully suprising and inventive. Granted, I don't know any other singer songwriters who write on harp, but the way she constructs her songs with the fabulous range that the instrument has to offer is kind of intimidating.
There's such a wealth of cultural reference points in her music. Western American mythology, blues, European folk music, and vivid, imaginative lyrics wrapped in a deceptively sweet package make this record a must-have.
"Watch while the freight trains pound, into the wild wild night."
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