D-12 I Could Do This For Awhile

I did a lot of listening today :-)

That being said, I did a lot of talking too.

Today was the first day for one song on lead vocal stuff. The way I usually write songs is I try and have the idea of what the song will be about, or the general message of the story. Then I try to find chords that match a feeling or tone of what I think the song should be about, then I write a first verse, a chorus and a bridge if I feel like the song will need one. Then once I get in the studio and I hear what lead guitar parts and drums sound like and how those instruments are being played I write the rest of the song and try to feed off that energy. The basic guitar tracks and drum tracks have been laid out over the past few days so I have had enough stuff to go on to get some of the songs fully written at night after the musician sessions which is fine because I get most of my work done between the hours of 1am and 4am. Healthy? probably not but productive? Absolutely...

But I tell you that story to tell you this. The final lead vocals were cut on one tune today. It's great to hear what I've been hearing in my head come out in the studio plus whatever I can think of while the juices are flowing during the day and then to sing overtop of it all is really really exciting for me. I wouldn't mind if someone told me I had to do this for a really long time is what I'm trying to say :-)

I was interrupted today though with project that's being set up in CA so production on the record will have to be put on hold until Oct. 13th. Which isn't bad because there is a ton of work I can do from CA like pictures and cover art and lyric writing and stuff like that but that throws off my time frame of getting it all done... None the less work will still get done and I will still be here every night to give you the 4-1-1.

Happy weekend everyone! I hope you had a safe and enjoyable night! I think I might take a nap it is 10:19 after all...

Sleep well and sweet dreams.
Without Wax,

HJ