I've been off radar for a bit, I know. Life has been busy.
But enough excuses. I'm currently in the middle of getting tracks ready for another album project. This one is looking a lot more acoustic in nature.
Phase one of every project I've done is always tracking the initial song acoustically, and getting a chance to listen to it and see what it needs.
I thought I'd let you in on that process.
Last week I tracked this song, along with several others, in a room with one mic just to get the song down. Turned out pretty well, I think.
Here it is. The song is called "Gypsy Queen", and it's a song I wrote for my lovely wife.
Emails
Shows
Listen
Links
Twitter Updates
Friends
Labels
- "How To Series" (1)
- acoustic guitar (1)
- adjustments (1)
- amie street (1)
- attempting to use technology that is a tad beyond me (1)
- audiojolt (1)
- Austin cuisine (1)
- Austin music (3)
- birthday (1)
- blogs (1)
- bruce appearances (1)
- christmas rock (1)
- coffee shops and gigs (2)
- competitions (1)
- concerts (2)
- contests (1)
- cool stuff (1)
- cover songs (1)
- cover songs that rock your world (2)
- Darren Clarke (3)
- downloads (1)
- drop of the catholic (1)
- excuses for lazy blogging (1)
- family (1)
- fight night at the rhodes show (1)
- friends (2)
- funny stories (1)
- games (1)
- gear for sale (1)
- gigs (11)
- great local music (2)
- great marketing ideas (1)
- guests who bring incense sticks but forgot the weed (1)
- Guitar Playing (1)
- Halle (1)
- Hayes Carll (1)
- holy shit moments (1)
- house concerts (2)
- how can i make you understand (1)
- iLike (1)
- in retrospect (1)
- Incredible music (1)
- indecent exposure (1)
- influences (1)
- interviews (1)
- it's over (1)
- jackson (2)
- joe pug (1)
- links (1)
- local celebrity status (1)
- local music community (1)
- lovely lady rides (1)
- mahna mahna (1)
- management (1)
- media (1)
- missing friends (1)
- momo's (2)
- more amazing time suckers (1)
- motivational speeches that won't make it on Hallmark movies (1)
- moving (1)
- music (1)
- music community (2)
- music sites (1)
- musicians are basically homeless dudes with basic music skills (1)
- my face on a screen the size of a house (1)
- networking sites (1)
- new ideas to me that the cool people have already been doing for years (1)
- new looks (1)
- new sites (1)
- new songs (3)
- News (1)
- nice notes (1)
- other bands (2)
- other musicians (3)
- our stage (1)
- ourstage (2)
- people who aren't in the band but get to post anyway (1)
- phil siems (1)
- photos (1)
- pics (3)
- Playing For Change (1)
- podcasting (2)
- Prizes (1)
- pure awesomeness (1)
- radio play (1)
- random crap (2)
- random thoughts (2)
- reasons to wish it was still the 80's (1)
- reasons why I might need to start watching Nickelodeon (1)
- recording (11)
- rhodes (3)
- rhodes reunion (1)
- ringtones (1)
- rock (1)
- Rockwell Sounds (1)
- scratch tracks (3)
- show reviews (12)
- Shows (6)
- shows that make you go hmmmm (1)
- song writing (2)
- songs (1)
- songwriting (1)
- surreal road trips (1)
- technique (1)
- Texas (1)
- Texas weather (1)
- thanks (1)
- the boss (1)
- the bugle boy (1)
- the first time that answering the phone has required a change of pants (1)
- the invisible phil siems (1)
- the music industry (9)
- the personal touch (1)
- things existing outside of an understandable reality (2)
- things that sounded better in your head (1)
- things you wished happened about 12 hours later than they actually do (1)
- tickets (1)
- tips from random strangers (1)
- tom waits (1)
- travel (2)
- treats (1)
- twitter (1)
- upcoming shows (3)
- updates (2)
- venues (1)
- very strange things (1)
- videos (5)
- ways that Ryan "makes this look good" (1)
- wisebird (1)
- wordle (1)
10 comments:
Comment.
Okay, I'm just being jerky. I liked it, especially knowing your wife and imagining what she must've been going through. Youdaman.
Um, leave her and marry me? Just kidding.As always, it's amazing. Loved it, loved it. Only think I can even think of is I'm not sure about the you's at the end. First time I wasn't sure, second time I digged em. Can't wait to buy a CD.
Claire
Daniel, you are amazing. What a great song and tribute to Halle. You are a huge inspiration to me and I am sure, a lot of other people. Rock on My Brother!!
Love,
Chris
makes me wish i knew halle:) someday! loved the lilt in the song, don't know what else to call it. it's one of those songs that makes you feel melancholy and alive at the same time. me encanta!
-rae-
rachel,
thanks! by the way I forgot to mention.... i don't speak spanish... ;-)
I'm sure the last email you sent was chock full of updates, but it went right over my head.
I like the song a lot. It's real and it hits home for all of us who are in relationships and lean on each other to get thru the tough times. Well done, Daniel! Oh, and I like the high note towards the end. Didn't know you went up there!
thanks Savage. I agree. For me this song is mostly a statement of amazement that my wife found it in her to want to be with me. Still crazy to me.
That high note?... I had the studio engineer kick me in the balls right towards the end of the track. Works like a charm.
haha i always forget...sorry! it was just for a fundraiser for sarah's operation...how's everything going btw? where can i buy your songs?? or vote for you in any current competition?
oh, this is rachel...
Post a Comment