Got our first email from Jon Acuff for the Start Experiment today. It said we had to break one of our risks into 1-3 small actions, and then follow through with them. Start small, he says, gain a bit of confidence, and the rest becomes easier.
Having already broken down the songwriting and recording into small, manageable steps, I went the other direction and did the same for the Buddy Holly tune. Today I focused my attention on the intro. It's getting easier, as I would hope, with work. I'll keep going after it, though. Tomorrow or Wednesday are probably the days for busting out the guitar trainer and playing along.
I was less worried about the Holly tune today, however, than I was about the first step on the way to having three songs finished in the next 24 days. Step 1, as you may recall, was "Finish Progression & Get Tempo." The tempo part wasn't all that tough, I just sat with the blue acoustic and a metronome, and messed about with the BPM until I found something that matched what I was playing.
No, it was finishing off the verse progression that gave me the most trouble. Getting the transitions right between the verses and the chorus is one of the things that gets the rustiest when you haven't been writing on a regular basis, and so, while I could have taken the easy way out and started with the progression that was essentially done, I decided to take the harder road and try to finish off the one I started yesterday. It took a good hour and a half of fighting with it, but I got the verses and the chorus squared away to a point where I'm happy with them. Don't think I'll end up adding a bridge to this one.
Tomorrow's task in the recording process is writing the bass line. I think I've got a couple of ideas for that already, but we shall see.
It was just a good day. I felt in control of everything that needed to get done musically in my day, and had no doubt whatsoever that it would all find a way to be completed. Great way to begin an adventure. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Having already broken down the songwriting and recording into small, manageable steps, I went the other direction and did the same for the Buddy Holly tune. Today I focused my attention on the intro. It's getting easier, as I would hope, with work. I'll keep going after it, though. Tomorrow or Wednesday are probably the days for busting out the guitar trainer and playing along.
I was less worried about the Holly tune today, however, than I was about the first step on the way to having three songs finished in the next 24 days. Step 1, as you may recall, was "Finish Progression & Get Tempo." The tempo part wasn't all that tough, I just sat with the blue acoustic and a metronome, and messed about with the BPM until I found something that matched what I was playing.
No, it was finishing off the verse progression that gave me the most trouble. Getting the transitions right between the verses and the chorus is one of the things that gets the rustiest when you haven't been writing on a regular basis, and so, while I could have taken the easy way out and started with the progression that was essentially done, I decided to take the harder road and try to finish off the one I started yesterday. It took a good hour and a half of fighting with it, but I got the verses and the chorus squared away to a point where I'm happy with them. Don't think I'll end up adding a bridge to this one.
Tomorrow's task in the recording process is writing the bass line. I think I've got a couple of ideas for that already, but we shall see.
It was just a good day. I felt in control of everything that needed to get done musically in my day, and had no doubt whatsoever that it would all find a way to be completed. Great way to begin an adventure. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
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