All right, so I had written and recorded a song called "Miss America" (which was kind of weak, but hey... that's kind of the purpose of this whole thing) and just didn't get around to mastering it. The only excuse I have is that I made it into the SONG FU competition that Audrey posted about. So this is the competition, and the deal was to write a theme song for a show featuring me or my band.
Well, I had a great idea for a song called "Black Belt: Undercover Spy," but seriously... do you know how hard it is to get a good horn sound? And all of the 60s-80s theme songs have horns! And if they don't have horns, they have serious orchestra scores.
I didn't have time for that, because I was busy cooking up a storm this past weekend. And people liked the phrase "Cubicle Gopher" anyway, so I wrote that song in a very jazzy major 7ths kind of way - basically John Denver, sped up, and in 59 seconds and change.
Andy's reaction was that it wasn't funny (I gave up on that a couple of weeks ago right after I submitted for the contest), but it was the type of sweet song that goes with a comedy. In fact, his specific words were: "Perfect Strangers."
I guess that works for now.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
#3 - Addiction
First, some shouts out. Thanks to the adoption crew for their kind responses, both on Rhonda's blog and here. I really appreciate your feedback. I hope you guys follow along here on my musical journey.
Song #3 was originally going to be called "Caffeine." Actually, it was originally going to be a song about how tired and unmotivated I was at work. It was supposed to be bluesy and one of those songs where I talked about how brainless I was feeling.
However, things didn't quite work out that way, because I perked up when I got home (got a few calories in me before I left work thanks to a leftover quesadilla) and so decided to write an ode to caffeine. The song, as was its wont, began to take on its own vague form and began to sound like a song about addictive behavior in general.
But really, it's about caffeine and the need to stay awake.
(That being said, I'm going to bed.)
Song #3 was originally going to be called "Caffeine." Actually, it was originally going to be a song about how tired and unmotivated I was at work. It was supposed to be bluesy and one of those songs where I talked about how brainless I was feeling.
However, things didn't quite work out that way, because I perked up when I got home (got a few calories in me before I left work thanks to a leftover quesadilla) and so decided to write an ode to caffeine. The song, as was its wont, began to take on its own vague form and began to sound like a song about addictive behavior in general.
But really, it's about caffeine and the need to stay awake.
(That being said, I'm going to bed.)
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