"the thing about love songs" says m, "is that every body thinks theirs is good because it really happened to them." I may be slightly misquoting, but I'm pretty sure the intent of her statement is intact. i've noticed that I think my songs sound good to me sometimes just because they're true to me so i refuse to look the gift horse that i've given myself in the mouth. then again, that may just be the masochistic devil on my shoulder that is trying to get me depressed enough to do some serious destruction in my life for his enjoyment. what's a devil to do, eh?
anyways, this is the last track I'm doing of this new song for at least twenty four hours. i would like to unveil (cue "the final countdown" and watch Gob so some amazing magic for a minute...ok now back to what i was saying) my new tune
and let me also say first, it's not really a love song, but more of a story about a love.
"Hot Potatoe"
the heat will get to you
but don't let it fall
when she waits at home for you
and she is hot for you to call
the least you could do is call
she goes out of her way
to make you happy, yet
you find it inside of yourself to complain
and the one sure thing is that
you're gonna do your thing
so are you happy yet?
the heat just got to you
and you let her down
then you had to yell at her
cause she turned your excuse around
and you just let her walk right out the door
so what the hell are you standing
around here for?
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Ok now for my comments, and you can post yours too.
1) I was disappointed to have to use Audacity's crappy noise removal tool on the vocals because of a loud hiss that was too much in the forefront to ignore.
2) After having laid down the instrumental tracks I decided that this song is too rigid in this format, and I want it to get a little more groovy when it's played live.
3) I mad a lot of progress vocally during the many takes I did for this song, but I think I've still got a long way to go before I reach my ideal self as a singer.
4) I wish the drum machine I am using didn't sound so fake sometimes, but I'm thankful for what I do have, and can't wait until I have a silent sound booth with a full backline in it to record at my leisure. But for now, please bear with me. I had to start somewhere, and what better place than here? What better time than now?
5) I think anything else that I have to say is babble. Talk amoungst yourself.
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