New Beginnings, New Endings
Today, like many days before, I woke up to a dark sleepy house and quietly got ready for the two hour trip to Fenwick. Dizzy & I book regular songwriting and recording sessions to keep the music flowing. It’s been a life-line these past few years, and a much needed way to feel productive when we can’t play live.
The last time I counted we had 17 compositions that are real contenders for recording. A bunch of these songs have already been arranged and have even been played at our recent shows. But there are still a handful of songs and song ideas that need work.
This is what we worked on today:
🎵Dizzy Spin (working title)
the music and melody is complete, although as we discovered today it still needs to be transposed…. Cuz my voice can’t reach down that low…. at least not without a good case of laryngitis.
The Lyrics are 85% written… we’re just missing a strong landing! You know… THE MOST IMPORTANT PART! Now the good thing is that I’ve got the picture in my head and I can see the whole scene.
🎵Home is Where My Heart Is
this is a super new one… no chart yet but we’ve got a melody and some lyrics: “Sure the crowds are nice over here in Paradise, with their drinks and fancy parties. But I’m all alone and I just want to go, ‘Cause Home is Where My Heart Is”
🎵All The Yous
a finished song, that we’ve played at a bunch of shows… HOWEVER… Dizzy and I both felt like the arrangement needed work… so we tried adding a solo, circling back to the bridge and then changing up the ending.
It’s a super fast song, with a tons of quick words so it kinda sounds like the song is running.
Our new ending runs it right into a wall… a super abrupt ending that finishes on a SMASH of the keys.
Here’s a little snippet from the session.
What do you think?
All The Yous (new ending)