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0000-00-00 00:00:00 CSTJoe, Open Mic, etc.
Joe Maki was in town for his son's high school graduation and we spent Saturday night mostly hanging out, but we did manage to begin work on a new track. We started with something Joe has been playing with and we put down a few tracks (me on electric piano, Joe on a keyboard cello and guitar), with chords based on that.
Yesterday Joe uploaded a demo of what he had been working on and they could really be two different songs, so we'll see what happens.
There's a fairly new
Open Mic taking place Friday nights in Orem. I saw a notice on ksl.com today and I posted a link on my resources page. There are videos of lots of the performances and the mic is resonating with lots of people playing from the heart. 20 songwriters with 2 songs each makes for a long night, but I might try to go.
0000-00-00 00:00:00 CSTMother's Day
I made a song over the weekend for mom called "
Mother's Day." I recorded a rough version of it and like how it turned out, but there's something about it I'm still not sure about. The chords are simple D-G-A in the verse and I think the thing I'm unsettled about is how strident my vocal is in the verses. Although it is written as a kind of classic Folk ballad type of song.
I think I'll let it stew a bit and then try something new. Maybe a completely new recording. I tried something different with the acoustic guitar and vocal this time out. I set up a Y stereo mic pattern. It had some strange results, particularly that if I turned my head (which since I've been videotaping performances I've noticed is something I tend to do) the vocal shifts in the stereo spread in the mix (naturally).
I want to try an acoustic guitar solo, replacing the synth horn thing I've got in there now.
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