I'm currently trying to do some recording. It doesn't really work, my room is a messy confusion of wires and stuff, and I'm really not cut out for this sort of stuff. Luckily it's just a test to see potentially how much I'm going to screw up the rest of the songs I write. I have realised that I a) have no sense of time, beat, or any kind of rhythm that would keep this from going horribly wrong and b) I can't write keyboard parts that don't sound horrendously bad when mixed with guitar and vocals. Sounds okay with just the guitar, not with the vocals.
But with any luck, everything will be okay, I'll learn stuff over the next couple of months, and David is going to try and borrow a 4-track off his friend, so that'll probably be easier than me running everything straight into GarageBand through my condenser mic. I say that. But I don't really know if it will be easier or not.
Part of the reason I suddenly decided to try recording was because I got out my amp. I haven't played through an amp for God knows how long... it was just packed away in its box in one of my drawers. I guess that's the problem with having an electro-acoustic, you just think (well I did) that it sounds fine without the electro part. I have discovered this afternoon though, that it does actually sound better with amp. So maybe I won't pack it away again just yet. It's also louder, and I think I'm going to have to start re-training my voice, because I can't hear myself sing over it (and it's not even that loud, I just can't project).
I have a black splodge on my finger, which randomly appeared, I touched something on my chair, so I think it must be oil or something. I'm still wearing my headphones. Maybe I should take them out, cos I keep getting deafened every time someone signs into MSN.
I discovered, or in fact, rediscovered the Helio Sequence last night. They are Awesome. Yes, they deserve a capital A. This is another band which have come to me thanks to this Sub Pop CD I bought. Love Sub Pop. Although, both the Helio Sequence and Rogue Wave are not with Sub Pop any more. In fact the only band I actually know that are on Sub Pop (I'm sure there are many others and I'm just not paying attention) are the Shins. Maybe that says something about Sub Pop, I don't know. Oh, Postal Service, they released their album on Sub Pop as well I think. Enough about Sub Pop though. I've written their name 6 times. Maybe I should link it to their website...
Done. And I totally take back what I just said, because I've just looked at their artist list and amongst others they have the Go! Team and CSS, so yeah. I've sort of fallen in love with North West America. Seattle, Portland. All the bands I'm listening to a lot at the moment seem to come from there. Death Cab, Long Winters, Chris Walla, the Helio Sequence. Oh I'm sure there are many more. I just can't be bothered to name them. I've been looking at pictures of the Seattle skyline, and it is amazing. I can't wait to go there. Portland looks pretty amazing too.
I can't believe how much I've just written about, well, not a lot really. I have pins & needles.
In other news: whilst my OU work was going amazingly well yesterday, I have now failed to be productive. I'm going to try and start the History of Science stuff this afternoon, but I can't really be arsed, especially now I'm going to have to put my room back the way it was. I'm really hungry. But I haven't had lunch, so that does make sense.
I've been listening to this today. Ben Gibbard makes me laugh so much, and even though it's that song, it's so worth listening to just for his speech about it at the end "I'm not gonna take off these preppy clothes, I fucking like them" lolz.
Oh well, I guess I better start tidying up the mess I've made (of my room and the song). Somewhere at some point I'm going to need someone to dictate to me what sounds good and what I'm completely fucking up. I need Chris Walla.
x
P.S. I love clouds
P.P.S. I now hate the Co-op cos their internet banking is shite. It just won't load and keeps rejecting my details. Gah! I think I'm going to have to phone them cos I set it up yesterday and the woman said it would be up and running in 5 minutes. Bull.Shit.
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