Blog: Squinting In The Daylight

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Ah! The best intentions, how they FALL! As i may have mentioned, I'm ALONE in the house this week with THE CATS, and though I'd planned to spend a lot of time doing RECORDING, i also meant to get out and about a bit. Reader, i have FAILED in this last resolve for LO! The last two nights have AGANE seen me HUNCHED over my computer, crafting delicate SOUNDSCAPES.

I say "delicate", but, actually some of it is a bit BEEFY. On Monday night i spent ages trying to record a MALE VOICE CHOIR which last night i completely scrapped and recorded again, also adding a CHURCH ORGAN and, accidentally, a rather SPIFFING organ riff for the end of the song i was working on. This PIECE now has acoustic, fuzz and lead guitar, a two part STEREO bass line, rather FAB MASSIVE drums (in five parts), FIVE different chorus vocals, the aforesaid CHOIR, TWO organs, TWO backing vocals and, oh yes, the lead vocal.

I'm really chuffed with how it's sounding - I just wish the song itself was about something a bit more STURDY, as it's all in aid of "Sod It, Let's Get Pissed". Oh irony, i have spent so long RECORDING the song I haven't even had time to DO the thing it urges!

That one's pretty much finished now, I plan to do final mixing on THE LOT later on, for now i am concentrating on getting things RECORDED before my housemates return and say "AGH! The whole top floor of the house is covered in WIRES and GUITARS and the bottom is a FERAL WASTELAND of CATS!" (Note to The Seperation In My Stereo: it's not that bad, honest)... I listened to what I'd done so far this morning anyway, and it sounds GOOD, especially "Hey William" i must say. "Born Yesterday" and "Closer To You" are still to do, and I am considering JETTISONING "Ctrl Alt Delete" for something else... we'll see how it goes.

But what am i to call it? I FEAR that it may end up being DAFT and/or CAT based - stay tuned for UPDATES!

posted 8/6/2005 by MJ Hibbett

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