{"id":65,"date":"2012-06-26T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/post\/2012\/06\/26\/June-Update"},"modified":"2020-08-12T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T16:25:00","slug":"june-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/june-update\/","title":{"rendered":"June Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yup, it’s been quiet around here. That doesn’t mean nothing’s happening, but it does indicate a certain lack of progress. See, I’m working on “Into The Shade” which is a track we haven’t recorded before, and didn’t really have lyrics. What we did have was a great instrumental middle eight, and a rough idea about what the song might sound like.<\/p>\n

Since the great reset<\/a>, I’ve been working through the tracks on Album #1 sequentially, and now there is no excuse. This track has gotta get done.<\/p>\n

One thing: I’ve written the lyrics and I’m almost happy with them. This is important, because although we all like working on the music and the arrangement, it doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t sing the words in the same rhythm and key as the music. So, having the lyrics ahead of time? Useful.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to now. I tried 100 bpm and the drum track seems too sluggish, so I tried again in 110 and it sounded better. Then I sketched out a full backing track (and yes, spent a little too much time on that infamous middle eight) and burned it on to CD so I could play it repeatedly in the car on the way to work. This lets me sing the lyrics in private and figure out melodies.<\/p>\n

I thought it was going to work, but this weekend I tried recording a take and two things became clear that didn’t reveal themselves in The Car Sessions: 1) 110 bpm is too fast for the lyric, drums or no; and 2) I have to lower the key by about a fifth.<\/p>\n

For now, I’ve given up on trying to sing in the car. Apparently, I only find out the cold hard reality when the little red light is on. (I mean the one on the sequencer, not the dashboard.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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