February 20th and the heat is on.
I have two songs completed, or as completed as they are going to get. The first one really needs to have the vocals re-recorded. If I get a chance before the 28th I’ll do it. It also needs to be mixed a little better. I don’t consider what I am doing here to be anything more than demos, so I am not going to freak out if the lead guitar is a little too loud (I am a lead guitarist, so the lead guitar is ALWAYS going to be a little too loud, but I digress) but in the case of the first song I think it might be a little too, too loud. Oh well.
This morning I took 25 minutes before leaving for work to come up with a chorus and two verses worth of bad lyrics for another song. I recorded them quickly and I think they sound okay, but they don’t really fit the gloomy mood of the music. That’s kind of a normal problem with the rush job that is RPM. I had that song’s master file up in GarageBand, and I had a couple of lines worth of lyrics in my head, so the lyrics went with the music regardless of how well they actually go together. If I were not on a deadline I might have found a better fit, but as it is I just don’t care.
I may have a little time for more lyrics/vocals this evening, but I said that last night too and it didn’t happen. I telecommute tomorrow, so maybe I can squeeze in more than one song with the extra time I will have before work.
Thinking positive, but also looking at the calendar and starting to worry a little.
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