Finished up last night's project for the Start Experiment tonight. It feels awesome to have the drums laid down for this first song. It's amazing to me just how much more like music this progression sounds with a drum track behind it.
Tonight's project is recording the bass line, which should go pretty smoothly, considering that it's already written... I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Granted, it took me about an hour to get the drums set up so the patterns were recorded in the right order. Even with notes, these things take a lot of time, I guess.
Two things dawned on me today that need sharing:
1) I haven't done much listening at all this week, except for what has happened in the car. It's still Drive-By Truckers right now, but that needs to change tomorrow.
and
2) There hasn't been a whole lot of work on the Buddy Holly tune in the last couple of days. That needs to change tomorrow and Saturday if I'm going to feel good about where things sit as the end of the first week of the Start Experiment approaches.
It feels really good to be recording again. Getting music out is like lifting something off of your shoulders that you didn't know was there. It's therapeutic, it's freeing, and now that I'm doing it in a smart way (setting up tempo and a metronome beforehand), I think it's going to be astoundingly productive.
One last thing:
The email that Acuff sent around to keep us motivated today wanted us to address what our biggest fears were about this whole project. Mine was easy: I'm scared that this is going to work. If breaking things down like this is really as successful as it has been for the first few days (and I have no reason to think that it won't be), then I can't believe that I've let so much time go by without trying it this way.
All I've got to do is bust through the mid-week blahs a little bit, and then I'll be good to go.
Tonight's project is recording the bass line, which should go pretty smoothly, considering that it's already written... I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Granted, it took me about an hour to get the drums set up so the patterns were recorded in the right order. Even with notes, these things take a lot of time, I guess.
Two things dawned on me today that need sharing:
1) I haven't done much listening at all this week, except for what has happened in the car. It's still Drive-By Truckers right now, but that needs to change tomorrow.
and
2) There hasn't been a whole lot of work on the Buddy Holly tune in the last couple of days. That needs to change tomorrow and Saturday if I'm going to feel good about where things sit as the end of the first week of the Start Experiment approaches.
It feels really good to be recording again. Getting music out is like lifting something off of your shoulders that you didn't know was there. It's therapeutic, it's freeing, and now that I'm doing it in a smart way (setting up tempo and a metronome beforehand), I think it's going to be astoundingly productive.
One last thing:
The email that Acuff sent around to keep us motivated today wanted us to address what our biggest fears were about this whole project. Mine was easy: I'm scared that this is going to work. If breaking things down like this is really as successful as it has been for the first few days (and I have no reason to think that it won't be), then I can't believe that I've let so much time go by without trying it this way.
All I've got to do is bust through the mid-week blahs a little bit, and then I'll be good to go.
What's with your lack of vinyl listening? Some things weren't meant for digital media and lose a lot of their soul when you just focus on mp3's and CD's. Bust out that turntable and rock like you're meant to, man.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a good point. I've got a huge stack of awesome vinyl that has been begging to have a needle dropped on it.
ReplyDeletePlease tell me you're not stacking that stuff... The pressurization can RUIN them if they aren't stored properly. Gotta treat them hard copies nice.
ReplyDeleteOh, good heavens, no. I used the word "stack" as a general term. Not actually leaving them in piles.
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