in the afterglow, on the cusp
Posted on July 16, 2010 with 0 comments
You know that feeling after a really, really great date? You're floating on cloud nine, then you go to sleep...and the next day you're wondering if it really was as great as you thought it was? And you can barely wait to talk with them again to affirm that the glory was real?
I'm there.
The songs are inside Larry's recording studio. My memories of them are out here, and they're fading! I remember thinking they were solid, tight, very, very good...and seeing the guys faces affirmed that my thoughts matched theirs. These very skilled and experienced musicians were pleased with the outcome. But now two weeks later, my memories are cloudy and muffled, and all I can do is keep hope alive until I can listen to them next....
You may be wondering why we didn't just burn me a copy of them to take with me after the session. That's because the recordings are all done on different tracks--some 24 or so--and to compile them all into one track that can be burned to disc would take time. Arg--Time is money! I have to keep all of that resource funneling toward more recording time. All I have are the memories for now, in that case. And so goes the drama of independent recording projects!
Ten songs with a full band sit tight, waiting for layers of guitar parts to strengthen and build them...strings arrangements to heighten emotion and pulse little rhythmic hooks atop the melodies...interesting organ sounds to give idiosyncratic character to some songs, mandolin and steel guitar for others. Sonic visions of grandeur dance in my head! Three more songs wait for me to record them live in their purest form; just me and piano, as if at a show, or in the listener's living room. I'm so excited for the next date!
Here's where I pray: Lord, you know how much money these projects take. I'm tapped out; all the funds I made this spring have gone toward the foundation we just poured. Please inspire investors who have a heart for my music; stir their hearts to join the fun and spread Your good word. With thanks I bring this prayer, this petition to You, asking You for the $10,000 or so I need for the next phases. I can't wait to see how you'll answer; You always do. Bring on the next really, really great date!
I'm there.
The songs are inside Larry's recording studio. My memories of them are out here, and they're fading! I remember thinking they were solid, tight, very, very good...and seeing the guys faces affirmed that my thoughts matched theirs. These very skilled and experienced musicians were pleased with the outcome. But now two weeks later, my memories are cloudy and muffled, and all I can do is keep hope alive until I can listen to them next....
You may be wondering why we didn't just burn me a copy of them to take with me after the session. That's because the recordings are all done on different tracks--some 24 or so--and to compile them all into one track that can be burned to disc would take time. Arg--Time is money! I have to keep all of that resource funneling toward more recording time. All I have are the memories for now, in that case. And so goes the drama of independent recording projects!
Ten songs with a full band sit tight, waiting for layers of guitar parts to strengthen and build them...strings arrangements to heighten emotion and pulse little rhythmic hooks atop the melodies...interesting organ sounds to give idiosyncratic character to some songs, mandolin and steel guitar for others. Sonic visions of grandeur dance in my head! Three more songs wait for me to record them live in their purest form; just me and piano, as if at a show, or in the listener's living room. I'm so excited for the next date!
Here's where I pray: Lord, you know how much money these projects take. I'm tapped out; all the funds I made this spring have gone toward the foundation we just poured. Please inspire investors who have a heart for my music; stir their hearts to join the fun and spread Your good word. With thanks I bring this prayer, this petition to You, asking You for the $10,000 or so I need for the next phases. I can't wait to see how you'll answer; You always do. Bring on the next really, really great date!