Tuesday, July 24, 2007

New song update: "Birds and the Beez", a tribute to my guitar teacher, Beez. Yea the song title is a little play on his name. Oh well, i'm not very good with song titles so sorry for the cheese.

Heres' the song, just press play:
















Lyrics:
So, there's a man whom i went to
With my guitar and its case
He showed me some chords, then he really started to play
He showed me all the cool licks, and the many different ways
to play the guitar he said.

Well, he said "Rhythm is important, you've gotta watch the clock"
"You've gotta keep the tempo, or you'll never ever rock"
"Even though, you're tired, you shouldnt ever stop"
"Cos That's the way to play", he said

"Well if you wanna be like Gilbert, if you wanna play like Malmy"
"I can teach you arpeggios, cos they sound really crazy"
"You can pick, tap and sweep, you can do those whammy things"
"You'll make your solos sound so sweet"

"But its the blues that's the soul of everything"
"You've got to keep the blues flowing through your veins"
"It takes just 1 bend to convey your feelings"
"With the blues you can play everything"

"With the blues you can play everything"

So here's the story of the man, who taught me how to rock
I'm grateful for his teachings so here i'm writing this song
"You've got to spread the music, you've got to share the knowledge"
"Cos That's the way to play", he said x3

Anyways, this is my first time playing some country rock, or i believe it to be country-sounding. And this is also the first time i tried some slide licks, pretty fun actually. It gives another dimension to your sound i guess. Oh and it's this first time tt i wrote a song without a chorus. It's weird how the song doesnt sound weird at all. I can't really explain it, but u just have to listen to it to get what i mean.

And yea, i'm singing again. Mixed response, some say it doesnt sound like me, some say it's just as bad, some say it's better. I get the drift haha, but at least i tried my best to deliver.

Recording-wise, this project took me about 2 weeks. Cos i was working, so yea i dun really have anytime to sit down and record everything in one go. So almost every track was recorded in different days, and everyday i'd just sit down and listen, and redo anything i din like. It's like a little jigsaw tt u piece together. I used to hate to record this way, but surprisingly it turned out pretty well.

Editing-wise, i realised quite a number of mistakes tt i've made in the past, so yea i wun be repeating those mistakes ever again. Everytime i mix, i learn something new. So yea it's kinda rewarding this time round. Not really just trial and error anymore.

Umm, yea tt's abt it. I dun really have much to say already. Oh if anyone happens to be really close to Beez u can let him hear this song. I think he will appreciate it.

That's all for now. Probably post something else later. Bye.

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