Didn't get to the basement today due to the fact that no expectant recording is coming around because of finals. Ben and Matt arrived and we fiddled for a good 4 hours before we had to call it quits. This time, ben brought two of his fab condenser mics so we could be Maybe and the What Ifs in Stereo. We showcased to Matt and we worked on Shipwreck today with it's added verse and chorus. Albeit, the new verse is a bit weak and generic by that point in the song, but I had to favor length over quality to round out shipwreck to a 3 minute song.
Matt provided some really groovy bass lines , really really groovy. A bass just adds that much completion to a composition.
So much that it deserved to be in it's own paragraph. In any case, we also worked on Waterfall for a bit, which is our chick song. Yes, we will make eye contact with a person, preferably a female, and croon out some really cute words to them. The rest of the words were unveiled today and the song seems to be on its way to a more composed and final stage of presentation. I'm debating whether it or not it should have a drum track, or a really sparse one. Waterfall is me and Matt's favorite melody so far, and i have to say it's really beautiful. It's not stuck to a single key like pop songs usually are, but it doesn't differ too much to be jazzical. A song without drums just makes it more - personal. It's all about you and the audience baby.
Though I don't know which Jon would think of that. It's no stinge toward him - just for the sake of musical variety and completion, a band just needs an acoustic track or so. I also hit up the keyboards once again, and I made some diddleys to practice my scales and chords.
Unfortunately, we could have so much with only 3 to 4 hours. We have one recording of Shipwreck and that floats within Ben's e-less laptop somewhere.
in any case, I've been dazzled by Go! Team's Huddle Formation, which is featured in a nissan car commercial. It has a cool riff, which follows up a pentatonic...just very power pop. I'm also been indulging Divine Comedy, Pop Singer's Fear of Pollen Count. With a title like that, how could you go wrong? The song is backed by horns and a guitar, very orchestra like. All over words that talk about allergies, which is very chirpy. I like the vocal melody, especially the "Even when I get a fever I find / I may sneeze but I don't really mind" or maybe it's just the line. Well orchestrated.
We're content. We're sounding like a band band closer and closer.
