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Took a break from the project to make a rather special music video for my 2024 track “Driven by Desire” about making art in the age of slop machines (it’s a #TIBtv exclusive for now).
Instead of recording vocals for song #6, I’ve been playing with a couple of *very* old songs (2004 and…1986!) that would be a good thematic fit. I could try to record new versions, or #remix them creatively (if I knew how to do that 😅).
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But the lyrics are what sets the whole thing in motion, and I do spend time and energy getting them right (often tweaking them once the music is fleshed out, so there are feedback loops), so I can’t claim that they’re secondary either.
That being said, I can easily love a song with indigent (or incomprehensible) lyrics if I love the music, whereas I can’t think of a single example where the opposite is true.
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Finished cleaning up of all the vocals tracks of song #2 yesterday (I’m sure I’ll tweak them at tad more. Reverb and delay can sometimes exaggerate mouth noises). It’s a very tedious process, but I’ve gotten pretty fast and efficient at it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Things are sounding pretty good as is (i.e. nothing makes me cringe too much 😄) even though I’ve only done a rough mix.
The finish line for song #2 is in sight.
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Did a bit of mixing on song #2, essentially tweaking the levels and doing some simple EQing, mostly carving out a few db around 200 Hz on some vocals and instruments, because that’s where things tend to get boomy and/or muddy with my (dynamic) mike and voice, and high- and low-passing stuff where there nothing much happening. I may have lowered the bass track too much. I’ll let it rest and listen tomorrow on various devices…
Nap time \o/
22/2 🧵
Fixed a couple of niggly things, but I’m calling song #2 done (for now) 🥳.
Recording vocals on song #3 is next presumably, but not today. While the melody has stabilized, I still can’t seem to settle on a groove (see toot 15/2 above). When I play it on the guitar, the groove seems more consistent, so maybe I’ll add a guitar track to my synth arrangement as a crutch or guide for singing, which I’ll remove afterwards.
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A lot of chimney smoke in the village this year. My lungs are stinging and my voice is even raspier than usual. I’d like it to be a bit clearer to record song #3.
So instead, I started toying with musical ideas for song #4 and came up with something that straddles 2 musical styles that I tend to hate, so I decided to go all in 😅
We’ll see if I water them down over time or not. Either way, it’s pushing me outside my comfort zone which is the main thing 😊
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Song #4 has 4 chords and a repeating melody that is quite intoxicating and fun to sing and to play.
Severely earwormed myself.
I tried to switch earworms by fixing a couple of small details that still bothered me in the final mix of song #2.
Didn’t work, earworm #4 is indestructible 😂😭
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@sknob Country and rap.
