Progress: She Be Slow but Steady

The absence of a post doesn’t mean nothing is being done on the record. In fact, quite the contrary. I was having considerable difficulty coming up with some new material, so I made the decision to look back at older material.

I have volumes of older songs, in various half-finished states that while I may cringe when listening (the quality of the recordings are dreadful… I’ve learned A LOT over these years) but there are some songs that have suitable foundations. This is what I’ve done, I found an older song I recorded in the summer of 2004, and basically gutted it completely. Recorded over the guitar tracks with new guitars, scraped the drums entirely and am in process of re-doing the bass guitar. This song, called “A Simple Restart” will most likely also go some other changes, adding some noisy synth parts, and things of that nature.

I like this song for its simplicity and melodic sensibilities. It has a “feel” that I appreciate, so I’m going to spend some time this weekend developing it, and probably post another rough mix.

Well, I should probably get back into the studio, but I’m completely engrossed in this John Adams mini-series. Paul Giamatti as John Adams is brilliant. Absolutely.

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