2023·Folk·Clarksville, Indiana, USA
The Arlington Arguments
Sketches From The Attic
SingleAbout
The initial idea was restraint. I wanted to decide on a set format for the "band", in this case bass, drums, one acoustic and electric guitar, and one vocal. All the sounds were set at the beginning and stayed constant throughout. The thought was like capturing a band practice in my attic where the group was being shown the songs for the first time. All the performances are one pass with no punches and nothing was more than one or two takes. The result is that a lot of mistakes made it to the final product (especially in the vocals!) but what I was hoping to do was capture some sense of spontaneity, or at least as much as one person pretending to be a full band could muster up.
Favourite Moment
Just getting started again. I hadn't written or recorded a song since finishing the Challenge last year, so getting the recording space setup and getting at it again was such a joyful moment for me.
Advice
That sometimes sticking to it, and continuing to work, when it feels like you've hit a wall can sometimes produce some of your favorite moments when you look back on it.
