If last week’s song was epic, then this week’s song… is not epic. Some weeks the song comes really easily for us, and some weeks not as much. The inspiration for this song came when I was at Black Dog coffee shop trying to get inspiration for a song and couldn’t concentrate because the table next to me was being really loud. Ironically, later that day we received a suggestion from Matt Vignal suggesting we do a song about coffee shops so we took it as a sign. Enjoy!
Photographs definitely ended up being one of our favorite tunes so far. It was one of those songs that was a lot of fun to work on and the back and forth process while creating it was very fluid. Take a listen to the commentary if you were curious about our process for “Photographs.”
I sat down this evening to try and create something for this week’s FREE song of the week and this is what I came up with. Variety is what you get here folks!!! It will be REALLY interesting to see what this thing morphs into!! Stay tuned…
We went crazy with this song. What started as this (click to listen to the song sketch) became what Tim and I have jokingly referred to as “epic.” I know this is quite a word for two Midwesterners. But hey, there is a REAL CELLO in this thing! And “epic” is relative right? (actually by it’s very definition it is not relative…. Hmmm.)
Our friend Meghan Zeikle was kind enough to throw down some sweet cello action which took this song to the next level. Thank you Meghan!!!
Tim and I have a friend who’s husband left her and their kids after many years of marriage. This song is a reflection on what that experience might have been like for her.
I couldn’t wait til tonight so I posted a tiny little snippet of the song. Hopefully we’ll have a little video up later. One word: cello. Photographs in your mind snippet (part deux)
We’ve got two of ‘em for ya today! But to hear both you’ll need to subscribe to the podcast. We’ve included the commentary for “A Thousand Bars” here but for “Happy Endings” and all previous commentaries you’ll need to check out the podcast. It’s easy. Have questions about the podcast? Click Here
In an effort to be transparent and let you in on as much of the behind the scenes stuff as possible, we decided to post the scratch for this week. BUT before you hit that link below let me do all of my disclaimers first!!!
When I set out to write a song, what seems to work best for me is to find a pretty chord progression and sing what comes to mind. I’m mainly looking for a melody but sometimes the words that come out end up shaping the song. I do a lot of mumbling and I’m not concerned with pitch at this stage. After this, if what I recorded has any potential at all, I’ll send it to Tim and the collaboration begins. This happens the other direction as well, like in “A Thousand Bars.”
So here is the song we are working on for this week, and I like the phrase “photographs in your mind” that came out, so that will most likely be the title. Any ideas/suggestions for the song are welcome.
We like to switch things up here at New Music Monday. So if you liked last week then you’re in for a treat because this week is almost nothing like last week! Happy music doesn’t come naturally for me so this was a definite exercise. My wife and I had fun brainstorming random ideas for this one. Its a little cheesy and corny but sometimes that’s a
good thing.
Edit: Any correlation the picture has to Watchmen is completely unintended.
Recent Comments