It doesn't happen too often, but occasionally I lose my way on the path of making this record. Usually, it's just a moment of indecision when something gets crossed off the list, and I'm not sure where to go next. That's what happened today, at least for a little bit, and whenever it does, I always go back to the notebooks. While it would be easy to flounder after finishing off a tune, the way I did yesterday, there's always some little kernel of hope to be found in the collected piles of ideas. Today, it was the idea that we had settled on right as I was about to leave on my last night in WI.
I've had this riff in G minor for as long as I can recall, and while I've tried to make use of it a great many times, I've never had much success. Both B. and I liked it enough to keep it around, in spite of that, and right as I was about to head out the door, I was mumbling about how I'd have loved to get something figured out for that idea. In the length of time it took me to put my shoes on, B. had put 3 chords together that she thought might work. I wasn't entirely convinced at the time, but when I stumbled across the progression tonight, and sat down to play it, I really liked the sound that it offered. Dark, and yet still melodic. Perfect for the band. Once those chords (if not their final order) had been cemented in my mind, I went searching for something that might be a chorus at some point. Considering the chords B. had found, I took an idea that I had originally been playing somewhere else, moved it up the fretboard, and tried to drop it in with the earlier progression. It seems as though it will work really well. I've just got to figure out exactly how the chords will fit together. Made a bit of progress in that regard, but it's by no means complete.
All in all, not as much progress as I'd have liked, but considering the way the last week has gone, any progress is good progress.
I've had this riff in G minor for as long as I can recall, and while I've tried to make use of it a great many times, I've never had much success. Both B. and I liked it enough to keep it around, in spite of that, and right as I was about to head out the door, I was mumbling about how I'd have loved to get something figured out for that idea. In the length of time it took me to put my shoes on, B. had put 3 chords together that she thought might work. I wasn't entirely convinced at the time, but when I stumbled across the progression tonight, and sat down to play it, I really liked the sound that it offered. Dark, and yet still melodic. Perfect for the band. Once those chords (if not their final order) had been cemented in my mind, I went searching for something that might be a chorus at some point. Considering the chords B. had found, I took an idea that I had originally been playing somewhere else, moved it up the fretboard, and tried to drop it in with the earlier progression. It seems as though it will work really well. I've just got to figure out exactly how the chords will fit together. Made a bit of progress in that regard, but it's by no means complete.
All in all, not as much progress as I'd have liked, but considering the way the last week has gone, any progress is good progress.
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