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February 2020 Album

• Scoring for all the stories.
• John Whyte laid down guitar for “Shows What You Know” and “Better Off Dumb”
• I did a bunch of other final mixes and stuff.

February 2020 Album

• “Things Fall”
  • Kate laid down a brilliant vocal for the bridge. I thought I knew what I wanted but after a few takes Kate thought it was too kitschy and straightened it out. So much better.
  • Final mix with Chris and Mike’s feedback and approval.
• “Shows What you Know”
  • Written and tracked except for electric guitar.

February 2020 Album

• “Saving Face” final mix
• “Better Off Dumb” Karlie recorded flute. Live flute!

February 2020 Album

• Final mixdowns for “Let The Pain Begin” and “Sandalwood Geminis”
• “Better Off Dumb”
  • Wrote flute arrangement
  • Rewrote/retracked one lyric line that I realized contradicted the story. Easy fix since the mic and level were untouched since last night.

February 2020 Album

• “Saving Face” – Jeff Margolis laid down bass guitar. We haven’t recorded together since 2005!
• “Better Off Dumb”
  • Recorded guitar and vocals for the song I wrote yesterday. Definitely needed to come at it fresh.
  • I was hoping to have a demo and charts for the lead guitarist and flute player coming on Wednesday.
  • I’ll do those tomorrow evening giving them less than a day to review their parts. Oy.

February 23, 2020

• “Better Off Dumb”
  • Spent waaay too long writing this tune. Started off smooth and speedy but I let myself get hung up on stupid stuff. No time for that crap.
  • I tried recording it quickly but was very unhappy with the sound – too simplistic and childish.
  • Stepped away for an hour then returned with a throughly deconstructed approach. Odd times and accidentals. I’m liking this but I really have my work cut out for me now when I get around to recording it.
  • Clock. Is. Ticking.