60. Shadow
I recorded the final, album-version of Shadow tonight... and I videotaped myself doing it, for some reason. Posterity, I guess.. and the high probability that I'll want to make a music-video out of this song, perhaps incorporating footage of the actual recording. It's funny that, upon first hearing this song (played on acoustic guitar, without vocals, without effects, etc) Richie remarked that it sounded like Beautiful People by M. Manson. Now that I've put down the guitar, vocals, and jawharp that together carry the first half of the tune, it's starting to sound more like my old music... older than Incubator.. older than Notherworld.. older than the BananaPhone remix... older than Extrospective... when I was living in that red-lit basement, dropping out of ACAD, and experimenting with.. well.. guitar and manipulated voice noises.
So, Shadow. Sounds old. Also, sounds like the current album, which is good as it's the closing track. The summary of things in the hour-past. The final argument. The wrap-up, the big picture.. all cards in play, all chips thrown in the pile..
So, Shadow. Sounds good. I can't wait to finish this one. This brings the total of songs that are turning out as excitingly as I had hoped, or more so: Natural Causes, Fargo, and now Shadow. EEr Err has potential, Fuck The Diseases and the rest... we'll see how far I can take them. Go! had Little Anyone, Outside And.. and Happened; Incubator had 72nd, Low Freak, and Notherworld. So, if I make at least 3 really good songs fall out of this album, I'm doing as well as I ever have.
Let's see here... Away has Angst Takes, Pharmacist and.. probably First Encounter. Point has You Are Here and the rest haven't been recorded (though the second and fourth tracks, whose names elude me, have promise). Laugh has Out Of Me and Leaves A Burnt Out Husk thus far. Look has Cat Dandruff (finally, a first track!) and not much else.. though Africa Arica is full of mission goo. Lost has the most yet.. Epic, Tigers, Math, Potted Plants, and Nest are all.. A+ tracks in my book, though they all need to be finished and re-mastered (I've learned a lot in the last year.. and my ear is much, much sharper now).
So, Shadow. Sounds old. Also, sounds like the current album, which is good as it's the closing track. The summary of things in the hour-past. The final argument. The wrap-up, the big picture.. all cards in play, all chips thrown in the pile..
So, Shadow. Sounds good. I can't wait to finish this one. This brings the total of songs that are turning out as excitingly as I had hoped, or more so: Natural Causes, Fargo, and now Shadow. EEr Err has potential, Fuck The Diseases and the rest... we'll see how far I can take them. Go! had Little Anyone, Outside And.. and Happened; Incubator had 72nd, Low Freak, and Notherworld. So, if I make at least 3 really good songs fall out of this album, I'm doing as well as I ever have.
Let's see here... Away has Angst Takes, Pharmacist and.. probably First Encounter. Point has You Are Here and the rest haven't been recorded (though the second and fourth tracks, whose names elude me, have promise). Laugh has Out Of Me and Leaves A Burnt Out Husk thus far. Look has Cat Dandruff (finally, a first track!) and not much else.. though Africa Arica is full of mission goo. Lost has the most yet.. Epic, Tigers, Math, Potted Plants, and Nest are all.. A+ tracks in my book, though they all need to be finished and re-mastered (I've learned a lot in the last year.. and my ear is much, much sharper now).
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