Here’s the status of the latest tune I’ve been working on. It now has lyrics, though I haven’t done anything else to it musically. I kind of went about this one backasswards, laying on guitar bits before I had any lyrics. Consequently, the phrasing of the vocals had to be adjusted, but I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. I do know this tune should probably have a singer. I also think it could be a duet.

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This year I’m hoping to get into a little more music work, so I figured tossing out a license-free track might be a good way to build goodwill and and encourage folks with production needs to put me on their resource list.

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Okay, I’m fairly sure this tune isn’t about cheese, despite my previous assertion. Of course, that begs the question: what might it be about? Maybe it’s not about anything. Maybe it doesn’t want lyrics, but I think it does. As before I’m open to all opinions, impressions etc. on where this one should go. That can include anything from instrumentation suggestions to vocal style to mix matters, but bear in mind this isn’t even a mix, and the choice of instrumentation here is just an experiment. Generally I play parts all the way through a song and cut them out if they fight each other or the vocals. Accordian or mandolin didn’t sound bad in parts in place of some of what’s there now. The drums will definitely change. Drives me crazy when the ride cymbal stops.

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Journalistic cross-pollination seemed like a promising and noble idea, but after three weeks, the staffs of Better Homes and Gardens and Cosmopolitan magazines are backing away from the a staff-exchange experiment that brought nothing but rancor and confusion to both publications.

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I felt the new tune Message from Mountain View needed video, and after slapping one together, I still feel the same way. But here’s what I have so far. If you want to make a better one, knock yourself out.

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This might be the first song to use the shamelessly fabricated word “nekkedidity.” It’s called Peta Girl, and so far the most common question from friends who’ve heard it is “What inspired this?”

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