Did some more listening to that Kacey Musgraves record this afternoon while I was doing a few things around the house. Her song, "Merry Go 'Round" is #1 on country radio right now, and it's easy to see why. It's a catchy morality tale, with a lyric that ends up familiar after only a couple of listens. Some of that rests in the fact that the song makes use of clever turns on colloquial phrases.
Sat with a guitar for a bit this afternoon, too. It was an unplugged electric as opposed to an acoustic, but the effect was still the same. I still worked through the couple of chords I've managed to string together. I've got the progression as two guitar parts, and I added another chord or two based on the progression that's capoed up the neck. Regardless of how close I appear to be on this one, it feels like the whole progression is a good few minutes work from having things fall into place.
What I didn't get to today was re-working a song in a different key from the original version. I'm thinking I might have to make that a weekend project. Gotta find the right song to start with.
Having this afternoon off means that the next couple of days will be long ones, but there will be music spread out during them, and therefore I will make it through.
Hopefully more music writing as the weekend approaches.
Sat with a guitar for a bit this afternoon, too. It was an unplugged electric as opposed to an acoustic, but the effect was still the same. I still worked through the couple of chords I've managed to string together. I've got the progression as two guitar parts, and I added another chord or two based on the progression that's capoed up the neck. Regardless of how close I appear to be on this one, it feels like the whole progression is a good few minutes work from having things fall into place.
What I didn't get to today was re-working a song in a different key from the original version. I'm thinking I might have to make that a weekend project. Gotta find the right song to start with.
Having this afternoon off means that the next couple of days will be long ones, but there will be music spread out during them, and therefore I will make it through.
Hopefully more music writing as the weekend approaches.
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