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?
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The Talkin’ Headline Blues #61
So, some people say that the way you spend the first day of the year is how you’ll spend the rest of the year. I don’t know if I buy that. I wonder, though, if it could be the same for headlines. For news. That whatever news is in the headlines now, at the beginning of the year, will be there throughout the rest of the year in some way or another.
I kinda hope not, though, cause based on the headlines I used for this version of the Talkin’ Headline Blues, we’re in for a pretty bleak and confusing year.
Here’s a recap:
Politicians, death, signs of the Apocalypse, elections, Al Qaeda, the moon, fires, videos, shootouts, murder.
That’s just a little summary, though.
I think the funniest part of this song, or, the funniest headlines that were both in the same “Living & Eatocracy” section on CNN.com were:
Why make resolutions? Failure inspires
and
Making realistic New Year’s resolutions
Which am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to just fail? How can I fail without first attempting something new? Am I supposed to fail at what I’m already doing? Or, is CNN saying that I’m already a failure? Should I make a resolution, but make one that I can realistically fail at? Who is inspired by these failures?
Anyone have some clarity on this?
Anyway…that’s the first Talkin’ Headline for this year.
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40 Days and 40 Nights
Well, here’s the first new song of the new year, 40 Days and 40 Nights. Didn’t think I’d quite be able to get this one out. Was having a lot of trouble coming up with any ideas for anything at all.
Then I got this…
I really don’t think this one’s completely done. Maybe it needs another part that’s different, or two more verses. Something. There’s lots that I do like about it, though. I really like the chorus. I’ll admit that I’ve had the idea of using “mmm’s” in a song for a while. I’m just glad they fit in pretty well to this one.
So, I guess that’s it.
So now, on into 2012. Lots more new songs coming. Talkin’ Headlines (one tomorrow for sure) and re-recorded versions of 2011 songs every week. And also maybe some videos of some sort (I still gotta work out what exactly those may be, though).
So, see ya around soon.
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New Song: I’m bound
Well, here’s the last new song of 2011. This is where I get all sentimental about the past year and hesitate, maybe, about going forward into the new year. Right?
Nah. I wrote this song about doing the exact opposite of that. Next year is where you’re bound always. Next year, next month, next week, tomorrow. So just go into it.
If this ain’t working then go into that, I guess.
Now, though, I am gonna get all sappy and take a look back at what I did this year:
I made a total of 176 posts in 2011 (including this one). So that’s about 14.7 posts each month. Now, I’m sure not all of those were song uploads, but let’s investigate….
I ended the year’s worth of Talkin’ Headlines on number 60. I did one every week, which comes out to 52 (I did 8 in 2010). Did you listen to all of them? I’m gonna keep doing this throughout 2012. So, that’ll be something to look forward to.
So, now, of my 176 posts, I’m down to 124 when you take out the Talkin’ Headlines.
From that, subtract a repost of a re-recorded song form 2009 I made after New Year’s Eve in 2010. That was kinda confusing, but now it’s down to 123.
I posted 44 re-recorded songs that I initially wrote and recorded in 2010. To go along with those, in the first few months of the year I posted the original versions, since, in 2010, I didn’t start loading songs onto this blog until June. So there’s 12 of those original 2010 song posts. So that brings the total on down to 67.
There were also a few non-music upload posts. Mostly to apologize for not posting a new song yet, or explaining why I didn’t load up a Talkin’ Headline on a Tuesday. Really serious stuff. There were 4 of these scattered throughout the year.
Now we’re at 63.
What else? On Friday, April 1, I posted a really old song about baseball to commemorate the open of the 2011 season. (62!)
Then, in May, I started (sporadically) posting demos that I was recording. Occasionally these were re-records of my new 2011 songs, or some older ones, mostly, though they were new tunes. There were 8 of these in 2011. Not nearly enough. My hope for 2012 would be to get way more demos up. Probably not one a week, but maybe two a month?
Anyway, now we’re down to 54.
I think the last 2 to subtract would be a second recording of a new song that I posted (Blues Dream #336) and then a repost of something the guys at the Whistler wrote about the record realease show that I had there back in November.
And now we’re at 52. That means I wrote, recorded, and released one new song every week for the entire year in 2011.
Doesn’t really mean anything, though, cause I’m gonna get up on the first day of 2012 and start it all over again, with maybe some new additions to the lineup of new song, Talkin’ Headline, and re-record.
Anyway…that’s that. Here’s to the next year….
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Rewritten Song: If I was a woman and you was a man (version 2)
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.
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