Can't. Sleep.

Dizzy’s Studio Notes | Sunday March 27/22

I slept great last night.
That is until approximately 2:21 AM when I woke up.

You see, we just booked the dates and engineer and musicians for the first week of recording sessions for the new record. We have plans to make this record different than the first so I was imagining the arrangements in my head. In my bed.

I have a pretty clear picture or sense or smell of what I’d like the record to look and smell and sound like.

And not sound like.

I’m also thinking of songs that are not quite completed that didn’t make the list. Maybe they should be on the list?

So I’m now sitting in the studio and playing through each song...checking myself for wants. Do I want to change anything: chords, melody, lyrics, tempo, feel, vibe? Some will be bare bones and some will be the whole kit with full orchestra.

As I run through the 21 contenders on piano, I find myself smiling. I realize that every one of these songs works. Without any other instruments, they reveal themselves. I am reminded that first and foremost, Dizzy & Fay is about songwriting. Don’t get me wrong, Fay and I LOVE getting lost in a performance. There really is no feeling like it. But until we write these songs, there is no performance.

So I guess that’s it: that’s the determining factor. Find the songs that you get lost in and put those on the new record.

And that’s exactly what we’re going to do.

- Dizzy