The idea was to have a hectic verse and a simpler chorus. It sort of worked at first, until I swapped out my simple iPad drums for the GarageBand Drummer function. Now the chorus feels pretty hectic too. Somehow that’s all right with me.
Tag: Garageband
5090: 42 Down, Eight to Go
Is this one too long?
The verse is a 12-bar blues phrase, but the rest of the song isn’t. Clever? Probably not.
50/90: 41 Down, Nine to Go
I went into 50/90 thinking I’d do some simple guitar/voice things just to pad my numbers. I haven’t done that at all, although this one might sound that way. It’s just two guitars, a bass, and one vocal. I wanted it that way though. The verse part is something I noodle on all the time, and have been doing it for decades. Emin7 – Dmaj7. Real simple. I just thought I’d use it in a song. I’ve probably already used it in a song somewhere, but I just can’t think of one off the top of my head. That’s what happens when you write song after song after song without ever having to rehearse them again… you end up repeating yourself when you are sure you’re not repeating yourself.
38 Down, 12 to Go
It was bound to happen. It was just a matter of time before I took a song in 7/8 time and drenched it with wah-wah. Dig it.
Back at It
35 Songs Down, 15 More to Go
I mixed two songs tonight. I wanted to get some guitar playing in, but we’ll just have to settle for the mixes.
This one is sort of about how much money Market Basket lost during the whole CEO fiasco. Now that it’s over I haven’t been into a store yet, but I will at some point this weekend.
Tonight’s second song is about being a teenager who knows everything. I guess. Sort of. Something like that. Originally it was going to be about how the music sounds like Journey and how much that pissed me off. But somehow it turned into a high school kinda thing. I guess. Sort of.
33 Songs Down, 17 to Go
Lyrics inspired by a Facebook conversation about my niece’s first two days of kindergarten. Sort of. I guess.
Musically, this one may have been written in the Trapp Family Lodge*. The Hills are Alive with the Sound of GarageBand for iPad.
*It may have been written the night after we stayed at the Trapp Family Lodge. I can’t remember. It was the first song idea I messed with during our Canadian vacation in July, I know that for sure.
Song of the Day
The music for this was written in a hotel room in upstate New York. How rock and roll is that?? The lyrics are the second in a growing group of songs inspired by folk stories I found on a website. Here’s a link to this story. It’s about a guy who was famous for tall tales and cider.
New Song
Twangie little ditty inspired by how fast my step kids are growing up. Waaaay too fast.
Music for Labor Day Weekend
Tonight’s edition of the 50/90 song post is a little ditty about the annual college student moving day crushing that the city of Boston goes through over Labor Day Weekend.
Happy double parking, moving trucks driving the wrong way on one way streets, red lights are just suggestions weekend, Boston! WOOHOO
