do do do'd *

this one has an interesting past. jonathan wrote the guitar part months ago and had been mulling it over, trying to write words for it. he recorded a version with a vocal where he "do do do'd" it through the song illustrating the intended melody. but he didn't give that to me. so i waited for quite a while because i didn't want to mess up his train of thought on the song. finally i decided that words from him might not be forthcoming, so i wrote a bass part, and a jangle guitar, then chorus words which i recorded and sent to him.

jonathan had mulled the song over for so long with his melody that he wanted to stick with it instead of what i had come up with. he sent me the "do do do'd" version, i dumped my words and vocal, and recorded two rock guitar tracks, in preperation for my upcoming words and vocal.

the song is loose and sloppy, mostly because jonathan had just dashed the original part down for memory's sake, and the other parts had to mesh with that producing a very loose feel. but i like it.

1. new song
by royce

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break down *

these are recordings from this thursdays practice. i just got finished discussing this with lb, i like the way the combination of acoustic and electric guitars sounds, but the tone on my plywood archtop, is not suited for this type of playing. i may have to break down and get an acoustic.

so, here are two tunes from the practice. my: release (your love), and we slowed down essence from the previously breakneck pace!

1. release (your love)
by verne a.

2. essence
by lucinda williams

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no no no *

this is the first original composition i wrote using the new recording setup. i have tried three sets of words on this one, i wasn't happy with any of them. i will keep on plugging but my history is, "if it don't come quick, it don't come". so, anyone wanna write the lyrics for it? co-writer credits up for grab!

don't feel compelled to use "no no no" as the title for the tune, if you write the words, go your own way.

1. no no no
by verne a.

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first time *

i bought a new recording interface, something called a ux2 by line 6, it just makes it real easy to record. the first thing i did with the interface is record another version of essence.

1. essence
by lucinda williams

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