It’s been a whole lot of time since I posted a new song.
It’s been a whole lot of time since I wrote a new song.
But, I figured today was a good day to do both.
It’s my daughter’s first birthday. This song is for her. Only she would be able to understand it, I think.
To everyone else it makes no sense. It hardly makes sense to me.
So that’s that.
Happy Birthday, Della. Shake that pineapple can.
Here’s the new version of the song I wrote this week, last year. The original was a pretty standard folk tune…or, at least, sounded like one to me. Go listen to it here and compare to the new one.
Different?
What do you think?
Well, here’s the last re-record for 2011 of a song from 2010. I think I’ll definitely keep doing this throughout 2012. Not only is it a good way to revisit old songs that I may have forgotten about, but it helps me figure out news sounds and different directions to take the new songs I’m writing.
So, be on the lookout…
For this re-record, I used 3/4 time and condensed the song a little bit. I think that’s always the problem I had with it…a little too much repetition of the chorus. This version works fairly well. Don’t know if it’s as successful as the original, though. Listen to that here for a comparison.
Also, the song that I wrote back in August called “I guess that’s just the way things go” is sorta a re-write of this song too, I supposed. I used that same cat and dog line, maybe cause I think that’s the most successful of all the lines in this tune. Or, maybe cause it’s the first one that I wrote for it. Or, maybe, for another reason. It’s any of those, really.
Anyway. I’m playing a show tonight at the Cicero Public Library. Come check it out, if you can. Should be an interesting show. Starts at 7pm and goes until 8:30. I plan on being really loud.
Here’s the last Talkin’ Headline of 2011. Did you listen to all 52 this year? How did they make you feel? I really hope this was the only place you got all your news.
I’m planning to keep going with the Talkin’ Headline Blues all throughout 2012. We’ll see if it grows and changes at all, I guess. Or if I get tired of doing them.
I’m still working on the final new song and 2010 re-record, so look for those probably tomorrow, or later this week.
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