Elephants of Scotland
December 24, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Sat down to work on “Cool Rabbits” but found myself rearranging an very old song of Greg’s “Beyond”
- Recorded two demos and sent to him for review.
December 18, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Final song structure in place for “Tempest of Tarragon” – removed a few bars here, added some there.
- Then I found a short piece of prose that Greg wrote that I want to use as a spoken piece in the instrumental.
- Which lead me to another of Greg’s pieces that should be an entire prelude/introduction/separate track
- So now “The Tempest of Tarragon” will probably be 2 or 3 minutes longer still.
- TBD
- Then I rehearses/composed drum parts. Almost there – not quite.
Hot Neon Magic
- Drum practice. Oy.
December 1, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Recorded guitar/vocal demo of “Cool Rabbits”
- Lefty liked it (it references his ATS melody in the chorus)
- Waiting on Greg’s thoughts
November 26, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- While tweaking and toying with various mixes and unfinished pieces, Greg sent over lyrics for “Cool Rabbits” for what had been “The C# Thing”
- I worked with it, tinkered with it.
- Then we chatted by phone to iron out the few lines I thought needed a boost. Bingo.
November 19, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Mixing “How To Do Nothing” despite not having harmony vocals done yet
- Oops, that was my fault. I was supposed to send Lyle notes for harmonies two weeks ago. Just did that.
November 5, 2022
DonnCherie
- “My Own Kind of Cool”
- Recorded Scott McGrath on upright bass (a first)
- Recorded a quick acoustic guitar track in a jazzy style
- Recorded DonnCherie’s vocal in one take!
- We realized this is probably the title track for the album
Elephants of Scotland
- Bob came by to track acoustic guitar for “HTDN” intro
- And bass track for “Vanishing Twin”