Trio is in the can, and i am bleeding. Alot. But, the music was good. Ouch. Give, Like Mine, & Nothing To Say.
my music
So, the trio i recorded won’t be going up, only because it took me forever to tune up my guitar inbetween playing “little plastic castle” and the next song. For those not in the know, “lpc” is an Ani DiFranco song that’s played on a four string tenor guitar tuned ADAD, whereas a normal guitar is tuned EADGBE. So, i had to turn ADAD into ADGB and then add the E on either side and then launch intrepidly into another song. I managed to do this in about three minutes, and the result was a scorching version of my oldie “Like Mine.” However, the long wait was deathly to keeping listener interest, so “lpc” will have to get cut from this week’s set.
My voice is so very tied to my guitar in that i can’t ever find any notes to sing other than ones contained within the chord i’m currently playing. Not only does this make my melodies rather predictable, it makes it entirely impossible for me to correctly sing most sparely acoustic Ani DiFranco songs since she doesn’t use normal chords. Want an example? Here’s a low version of To The Teeth, since i’m in the middle of changing strings on my guitar.
I just valiantly trucked through a take of trio that just wasn’t all there. i’m hot, and the mess is making me claustrophobic, and my high string broke, and my finger hurts, and i am not in a music making mood. The tracks were going to be “Nothing to Say,” “Like Mine,” and “Give” – all of which qualify as being rather difficult for me to play, so apparently now is not the best time. It’s probably because my body expects some alcohol by this point in a week, even if it’s a ButterShot. I should keep a bottle of those around just for that purpose … wow, which would make me a Behind the Music episode ready to happen. I suppose all those rock and roll stars established their unhealthy patterns pretty young and they just blossomed in the limelight. Ack, what a horrible meandering post this is. Talk to you later.
Wow… “relief” has changed so much from its first recording, even though it’s only just a month old. To see what i mean, compare the rough draft to a performance one week later. I wish i had the studio version of the song at my disposal, but right now it’s stuck on my ADAT tape. Hopefully i’ll be able to get it up by Christmas break.