New Song “You Ain’t That Far”
This weekend I experienced a songwriting first. I sat down in my studio early one afternoon to play around and prepare for my afternoon lesson and in the matter less than two hours, start to finish, I had written and recorded a new song. For those of you that know me you know this is not my normal process, in songwriting or anything else for that matter, but for some reason it really worked for me.
The song is a little different than most songs that I write, but I still feel it has a lot of my style in it. The other funny thing is that the lyrics came very easily, yet they still carry a lot of meaning for me. So, feel free to take a listen and let me know what you think. I always appreciate honest feedback.
Remeber this is a rough cut, and has not been mixed or mastered. The final cut will be released at a later date.
Click HERE to listen to “You Ain’t That Far”.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:16 am
Wow. You’re right. That is a lot different for you. One thing that hit me was that you’re actually using vibrato (gasp!). I’m not used to hearing you sing like that. Especially since you use to get mad at me for doing that when we played together back in the day (i.e., “Stop using your ‘church voice.’”).
Not bad for a couple of hours of work. I assume you used ACID for the drums?
Speaking of songs, I may try to see if I can get out to record my tracks with Jamin this Saturday (or sometime in the next few). I’m anxious to get our 2 year old project finished.
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Yeah, I have refined my vocal styling a bit throughout the years, but I can still growl with the best of them.
I used Acid to put the drums together with some preprogrammed studio bit that I got with the cubase pack, and did the rest in like 4 takes. One for vocals and rhythm guitar, one for the harmonica, one for the lead guitar, and then one for the harmony. My presonus interface makes recording really easy. It’s not protools but it gets the job done.
Yeah, I am anxious to hear the old tunes cranked at full volume. Especially “Baby it Aint’s that Way”.