Blogcast Session - Working On A Saturday - Going For Dinner

I got up at six this morning (Saturday), came into work for 8am, and am stuck here until 4 this afternoon.

I rushed home after I finished at 6pm yesterday and got recording for this Blogcast. It was much better than last week. I did a new song for it too called 'Remember Me', which paradoxically has nothing to do with me personally wanting to be remembered, when I sing it I have assume the role of commentator during the verses, and then of the character during the chorus. Its a track about the desperation of celebrity, the Pete Dohertys and Mariah Careys of this world, and how their addiction for recognition and fame ultimately corrupts, and is inherently self-destructive for the artist who is seduced by that kind of existence.

I figure that the Blogcast is going to run for about an hour.

I overdubbed some lead electric guitar on the last song (or rather song medley Popular/The Brief), I did it in one take, I'm sure that I could do something more polished but that's not what rock n roll, or the spirit of this recording, is about. Rip and burn...that's the way to play an electric guitar. Its difficult working at amplified volumes that have to be turned right down so that the neighbours don't call the cops, particularly as my style on electric guitar normally uses a lot of volume. Still though, I got into it and found myself windmilling my way through 'The Brief'.

I'm going to use Sunday to audition these sessions and mix them down. The balance needs to be worked on a little...I probably recorded the first couple of songs too loud.

So, there we have it. Its almost done. I figure that next time I'm going to have to get someone else in to help me host the Blogcast, it all feels a bit empty, some banter and laughter is needed.

Going for dinner tonight with my friends for a birthday. Don't know where yet.

Tom.