Apr 2007
New Songs? I'll Take 'Em!
08/04/07 14:30 |
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My creative flow had slowed down quite a bit at the
end of 2006, and I was planning on spending 2007
recording the best material we've written over the
last couple of years. Which is still the overall
plan. But somehow, I've managed to write a bunch of
new material. I think seeing Lucinda Williams a few weeks
ago really got me fired up. I've got three new
country/blues/folk numbers that I think turned
out really well. Particularly a slow country
number called "That Makes Me Feel All Right."
Hopefully I'll have a demo of that up for you
soon, along with lyrics. I've also spent as much
time as possible recording. One of my favorite
post-Zeyer-album songs that Stephanie and I
wrote, "Car Salesmen" is finally underway. I've
got the basic drums, rhythm guitars, bass, and
Stephanie's awesome vocals all done. It's one of
those songs that I kind of forgot about for a
while. But when we played it again after a
couple of years, it really clicked, and I knew
it had to get recorded.
On the downside, my day job is getting really busy. We're in "alpha" now, so I usually only have one day per week to work on new songs, update the website, practice, write, etc. But things are going well, and I'm plugging away, one take at a time.
On the downside, my day job is getting really busy. We're in "alpha" now, so I usually only have one day per week to work on new songs, update the website, practice, write, etc. But things are going well, and I'm plugging away, one take at a time.