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7/8 and 5/4

The only negative to my 50/90 workflow of starting new ideas using GarageBand foe iPad is the lack of flexibility with time signatures and tempos. You can’t change them mid-song, and there are only three time signatures built in. I could easily work around that, but then I’d lose the cool segment functionality. Fortunately GarageBand for Mac has more flexibility and options.

Hence the two things I pieced together on the Mac tonight that are both in odd times. Ah, a Prog Rock wannabe.

Three New Songs

I finished three songs tonight. None of them are particularly good, but what can you do?

This one was the first idea I came up with for 50/90. I literally woke up, grabbed my iPad, and jotted this down in GarageBand. Why then did it take nearly a month to finish? Well, maybe because I don’t particularly like it. Perhaps.

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The second song is only interesting in that it’s in 6/8 time. GarageBand for iOS is pretty limited in time signatures. I expect I’ll be using the Mac version to get myself some 7/8 and 5/4 before long. Prog babie. The lyrics are about a universal topic for those of us in Greater Boston… Traffic.

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The third song is kind of about Market Basket. Who would have thought that if you stand by your people, they will stand by you. It’s just amazing to even consider it.

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There you have it. 50/90 is now 36/62.

Pre-Work Music Update

Today is my telecommuting day, which means I had a nice chunk of time for music.

When we left for vacation I had 10 songs mixed, one ready to mix, and three ready for vocals. While we were away I finished the one that was ready to mix. This morning I finished the vocals on the other three. If I can mix them before I fall asleep tonight that will be fourteen songs from July. That’s three behind the pace for 50/90, but I also have eight additional things that were started after we left for vacation. So maybe I’m really ahead of the pace. I don’t know. It’s too early in the morning for this type of math.

Regardless, I will probably be posting some more bad music tonight. You’ve been warned.

Jon Lester

Don’t act surprised.

Were you not paying attention?

The Red Sox are going to trade Jon Lester either today or tomorrow and it’s been pretty much a given that the deal would happen since the Red Sox tried to open contract negotiations with Lester prior to the start of this abysmal season.

Every pundit on the planet agreed that signing Lester would take at least 20 million dollars a year over at least five years, and that includes a home town discount. The Red Sox initial offer? Four years at a total of 70 million dollars. Not only did Lester’s people ignore it, but they were so floored by how completely unrealistic it was that they were never able to figure out how to counter it. The offer was so insulting that it effectively ended negotiations before they started.

After seeing that, how could you possibly expect that this would end with anything other than Lester getting traded at the deadline?

The question now becomes, if we trade him now will he sign with us in the off season?

My thought is: No.

If we weren’t going to put up the money to keep him last off season, why should anyone expect us to put up the money next off season?

The (two time World Series hero) Jon Lester era will be coming to an end within the next 31 hours or so.